expanse of sand

collocation in English

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expanse
noun[C]
uk
/ɪkˈspæns/us
/ɪkˈspæns/
a large, open area of land, water, ...
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sand
noun
uk
/sænd/us
/sænd/
a substance that consists of very small grains of rock, found on beaches and ...
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When the tide is out there is anexpanseofsandand pools.
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Many more monuments lie buried in the barrenexpanseofsanddunes in the town.
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The beach is a longexpanseofsanddunes.
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Talakad's temples lie buried in the vastexpanseofsandand are dug up and exposed every 12 years.
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Between the 1920s and the 1950s the large expanses of sand became a popular playground for generations of children for activities such as sandboarding.
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Large expanses of sand had been exposed along the coastline.
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There are broad expanses of sand and dunes, particularly in the south and southeast, together with salt flats.
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It is one of the largest expanses of sand in the world.
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Tagging studies demonstrate the species is highly mobile, not lingering over one particular reef patch for very long, often moving between reefs over large expanses of sand.
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