Dune Essay

When going to the sand dunes of the Illinois Beach State Park, we wanted to test the effects of different environment on succession, ecosystem development. The problem was to find out if there is a succession (ecosystem development) of plant communities taking place. If the sand dune’s closer to the lake are newer than those further inland, then, I believe succession will take place because the newest dunes do not have rich enough soil to support more complex plants like trees and shrubs growing

Costa Rica One inescapable fact every tourist will notice when visiting Coast Rica is the lush green rainforest, abundance of wild animals and unspoiled beaches. The hideous landscape is home to some of the most amazing animals in Central America such as jaguars and toucans. The warm turquoise waters are great for surfing even as you hike across strings of active volcanoes in the tropical paradise. The popular visitor attractions in Costa Rica include Nosara Beach in Nicoya Peninsula and the Arenal

The Sons Of Guadalupe Don’t Eat the Bear: A Spanish adventurer named Gaspar De Portola in 1769 passed through a region what is now Santa Barbara. In the near by sand dunes he found a lake where he crossed passed with an “oso flaco”, a skinny bear. They were dying of hunger and ate the skinny bear not knowing it was poisoned. El Rincon Del Mundo: The Spanish believed that California was the place of great mystery and perhaps even paradise. Before the eighteenth century it was too far north from

Wall,” was a poet fascinated by the mind and by very earthly objects; dealing with how people felt about life in conjunction with the environment. For example, in the poem “Sand Dunes,” Frost describes the sea and a woman, who in actuality is the sand dune. He transforms the sand dune into a person by referring to the dune as a she (Wagner 72). Some of Frost’s works share this theme of making nature into a person, which

Cape Cod, Massachusetts The beaches in Cape Cod attract hordes of visitors every day, most of who are attracted by the sparkling sands and aquamarine waters. The most popular area of the beachside for tourist is the Cape Cod National Seashore in the outer Cape Cod. On the overall, the Sandy beaches in Cape Code stretch some 559 miles. There are several places along the beach where children can enjoy low tide water pools. The other attractions here include clean public bathing waters, waterfront accommodations

having few predators in the new environment. In Collaroy Beach, the increase in human development has resulted in various consequences, the most prominent being the reduction in the size of the sand dune system, which has occurred to a large extent in the beach, evident by the clear lack of a hind dune. The same has occurred in Lauderdale beach, and to a similar extent as Collaroy. However, as Lauderdale receives far more storms than Collaroy, and thus is more likely to need the “sand bank” stored

foldable beach chairs, after grabbing all of our gear, we headed back up the weather stairs and towards sand dunes. As we approached the entrance of the sand dunes, the satisfying sounds of the ocean’s waves started to become closer and closer. As we traveled closer the vivid orange sun began to ascend from the deep sea. At this early point in the morning, the sand walkway surrounded by dunes hadn’t heated up from the sun, so it had a nice cold feeling of the sand between each toe. Upon reaching the

barrier beach and the main coast is the Great South Bay. The beaches and dunes have very different characteristics. The sandy beach is the junction of land and ocean. The sandy beach consists of two zones, the swash zone and the drift line. The swash zone is the area of wet sand, caused by the incoming wave. The drift line is formed by the dead seaweed and other aquatic plants. Behind the sandy beach is the primary dune. The primary dune's main function is to absorb the force of the ocean and

Fraser Island is a popular tourist attraction in Australian just 300km north of Brisbane and only 15 km of the coast of Hervey Bay. Fraser Island is the largest sand island in the world and is world heritage listed. The island is around 120km long and cover a significant area of 1,840km2 Fraser Island is known for its spectacular long white beaches, sand cliffs, rain forests and a number of freshwater lakes that are crystal clear. The indigenous people of Fraser Island are the Butchulla people or

The film Woman in the Dunes, displays the main character Niki struggling with his search for significance in his life as he is trapped physically in a sand dune. Niki realizes he is held captive in a sand dune at a woman’s house. He is forced to help her dig the sand that falls in the dune after huge sandstorms. Trapped in the sand dune, he begins to feel isolated from the outside world and is therefore confused with that his new purpose in life will be. His career of collecting and researching bugs