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Barren dunes may be blown across the island at as fast as 35 feet per year until they become covered over with vegetation, which arrests their progress. They are then known as "stabilized blowout dunes".
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Vegetated blowout dunes
Barren dunes may be blown across the island at as fast as 35 feet per year until they become covered over with vegetation, which arrests their progress. They are then known as "stabilized blowout dunes".
Barren dunes may be blown across the island at as fast as 35 feet per year until they become covered over with vegetation, which arrests their progress. They are then known as "stabilized blowout dunes".
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Padre Island National Seashore, Code: PAIS
Padre Island National Seashore
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