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  • There have also been changes to natural fire regimes, particularly in spinifex sandplains and dunefields where fire frequency has been reduced.

    Simpson desert 2008

  • It includes undulating sandplains and gravelly bottomlands in the west, and extensive limestones and calcareous dunes throughout.

    Lowland fynbos and renosterveld 2008

  • Comprises a semi-arid vegetation community, characterized by sparse, scattered scrub, grasslands and woodland interspersed with sandplains and dunes.

    Willandra Lakes Region, Australia 2008

  • The coastal sandplains and montane shrublands support a large number of taxa endemic to the region.

    Eastern Australian temperate forests 2008

  • It occupies the aeolian sandplains of the West Coast Forelands, and the Agulhas Plain.

    Lowland fynbos and renosterveld 2008

  • Interdune areas may be covered in sandplains, traversed by seasonal drainage lines, or contain claypans or large saline lakes.

    Simpson desert 2008

  • This region is relatively complex topographically, comprising shale - and conglomerate-derived (Cretaceous) valleys and plains, extensive sandstone mountain footslopes, sandplains and calcareous coastal dunes.

    Lowland fynbos and renosterveld 2008

  • Running along the narrow Swan Coastal Plain, this ecoregion contains a variety of vegetation, from coastal dunes and sandplains to Banksia and eucalypt woodlands.

    Swan Coastal Plain scrub and woodlands 2007

  • But in fact the exercise of democracy in this purest of all forms is as globally rare as the sandplains of Katama.

    The Martha's Vineyard Times News Headlines 2009

  • But in fact the exercise of democracy in this purest of all forms is as globally rare as the sandplains of Katama.

    The Martha's Vineyard Times News Headlines 2009

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