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zyphelion OP t1_it7dzq1 wrote

Reply to comment by CrustalTrudger in South-west Astrakhan, Russia, has some interesting geographical features I've never seen before. Is there a name for this phenomenon, and how is it formed? by zyphelion

Thank you for answering! It's pretty fascinating that it's still sort of a mystery. The longitudinal (?) striations are quite striking and I thought my browser had glitched when I saw it at first.

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its___mike t1_it7xjsm wrote

This has a similar feel to it as the Carcross Desert and the Athabasca Sand Dunes (among others in Northern Canada)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carcross_Desert

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ChesswiththeDevil t1_it89efx wrote

There are similar deserts in the middle of Tundra forest in Alaska.

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Quirky_Word t1_it8g28k wrote

There’s also some in Colorado as well:

https://www.colorado.com/articles/national-park-profile-great-sand-dunes-national-park-preserve

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Kwyjibo83 t1_itb2hgw wrote

We also have this in the Netherlands

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kootwijkerzand&t=brave&iar=images&iax=images&ia=images

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hiroto98 t1_itb72dp wrote

There's one in Japan too, in Tottori. Sea on one side and forest on the other.

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Snookn42 t1_itbkq4c wrote

It also looks a lot like the Shark River Slough in the Everglades National Park

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akmacmac t1_itafvde wrote

That’s so cool. You should also look at Devil’s Club. Native to the Pacific Northwest, with a disjunct population on islands of Lake Superior.

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HastilyMadeAlt t1_itaxz35 wrote

A natural population? If so that's so freaking cool

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akmacmac t1_itcxai3 wrote

Afaik it’s naturally occurring there. There’s some interesting theories as to how that came to be. Having to do with the prehistoric copper mines on those islands

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KentondeJong t1_itb5n51 wrote

Yooooo, I'm from Saskatchewan. Represent man. Thanks for promoting my tubular province.

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yeerth t1_it8fn6b wrote

Are these similar to White Sands in New Mexico?

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CrustalTrudger t1_it8hftp wrote

As described in the original answer, these are not wind blown features and they are definitely not gypsum dunes like those in White Sands.

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ontopofyourmom t1_itb562s wrote

We have places with a similar feel (although likely for a different reason) on the Oregon Coast.

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Tharen101 t1_ita8kt2 wrote

We have similar geomorphological mystery in the US in north and south Carolina. Tyey are called the Carolina bays.

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sylvershade t1_itaaibo wrote

Perfect soil for blueberries! Most of NCs blueberries are grown in those bays.

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