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Northern Saskatchewan is mostly covered by boreal forest except for the Lake Athabasca Sand Dunes, the largest active sand dunes in the world north of 58 °, and adjacent to the southern shore of Lake Athabasca.

Sand from Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park, Utah.

Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado sits directly west of the Sangre de Cristo Range, which is featured in the background.

The Great Sand Dunes are in the background as are the Sangre De Cristo Range.

The Great Sand Dunes is a famous feature of the valley.

Only in very wet years, perhaps every 20 years, does the stream system in the Closed Basin flow as a connected unit into San Luis Lake at the low point of the Closed Basin west of the Great Sand Dunes.

* Geologic History Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

Large areas of private lands have either been subdivided into subdivisions of small " ranch " lots or have been sold or donated to the Federal government and make up portions of the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve, other wildlife preserves, and various state wildlife sites.

To the northeast of Alamosa lie San Luis State Park and the San Luis Lakes and the Great Sand Dunes National Park ( turn east at Mosca, Colorado from Colorado State Highway 17 onto Colorado State Highway 150 then, after you view or visit the Great Sand Dunes, south to Ft.

) Near the Great Sand Dunes, where only camping is available, the Great Sand Dunes Lodge and the Nature Conservancy's Zapata Ranch are recommended for lodging.

At Ft. Garland, Colorado south of the Great Sand Dunes on U. S. Highway 160 the Fort Garland Museum is recommended and further south on Colorado State Highway 159 at San Luis, Colorado, the oldest town in Colorado, the bronze sculptures by Huberto Maestas, depicting the Stations of the Cross.

Death Valley Sand Dunes

Adams State University is a small state-supported liberal arts university in Alamosa, Colorado, U. S., in the San Luis Valley and home to the Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve.

* Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve

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* Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park

Little Sahara Sand Dunes

They contend that the Boers of the South African Republic ( ZAR ) and Orange Free State republics were recognized as a separate people or cultural group under international law by the Sand River Convention ( which created the South African Republic in 1852 ), the Bloemfontein Convention ( which created the Orange Free State Republic in 1854 ), the Pretoria Convention ( which re-established the independence of the South African Republic 1881 ), the London Convention ( which granted the full independence to the South African Republic in 1884 ) and the Vereeniging Peace Treaty, which formally ended the Second Anglo-Boer War on 31 May 1902.

There are various parks along the lake on the Vermont side, including Sand Bar State Park in Milton, featuring a natural sand beach, swimming, canoe and kayak rentals, food concession, picnic grounds and a play area.

Although there were some abortive attempts to annex the territories to the north, Britain recognised their independence by the Sand River Convention of 1852 and the Orange River Convention of 1854, for the Transvaal and the Orange Free State, respectively.

Zimmerman is also near the Sand Dunes State Forest, which features many miles of horse and snowmobile trails for one's enjoyment.

Sand Bridge State Park a Pennsylvania state park is in Lewis Township along Pennsylvania Route 192.

A monument installed on the Colorado State Capitol grounds in 1909 lists Sand Creek as one of the " battles and engagements " fought by Colorado troops in the American Civil War.

Sand pipe, Kodachrome Basin State Park

Indeed, the British subsequently ratified the two new Republics in a pair of treaties: the Sand River Convention of 1852 which recognised the independence of the Transvaal Republic, and the Bloemfontein Convention of 1854 which recognised the independence of the Orange Free State.

These include The Electric Theater, Sand Hollow Resort in Hurricane Utah, Jazzy Java cafe, The Firehouse Bar, the St. George Elks Lodge, and the Avenna Center on the campus of Dixie State College in St. George, Kayenta in Ivins, Utah

Principal shooting took place in Arco, Idaho, Craters of the Moon National Park, and Bruneau Sand Dunes State Park.

After entering the state from Alabama, U. S. Route 11 and State Route 58 travel northeast, parallel to Interstate 59, through the valley between Sand Mountain and Lookout Mountain.

Sand dune willows are fairly rare in New York State, but are a common woody plant in these dunes.

Lost Forest Research Natural Area is a protected relic forest closely associated with the Christmas Valley Sand Dunes in northeastern Lake County.

Dublin is located just a mile north of Sand Lake Camp, a United States Forest Service public campground.

* Sand Lake Recreation Area in Oregon in the Siuslaw National Forest

These chalets are literally hand built by local Zulu people to minimize impact on the rare Sand Forest.

After passing the University Village shopping center, the trail heads up through northeast neighborhoods, alongside the Hawthorne Hills, Laurelhurst and Windermere neighborhoods ; through the Sand Point neighborhood, passing Magnuson Park, then alongside Lake Washington from just before the Matthews Beach and Cedar Park neighborhoods of the former Lake City, continuing on through Lake Forest Park and Kenmore to Bothell.

Blind River has many beaches on Lake Huron, including Fourth Sand, Sellers Park, Boom Camp, Forest Glen Beach, as well as many others.

The Ocala National Forest contains a high proportion of remaining Florida Scrub habitat and is noted for its Sand Pine scrub ecosystem.

* James Beattie, " Environmental Anxiety in New Zealand, 1840-1941: Climate Change, Soil Erosion, Sand Drift, Flooding and Forest Conservation ", Environment and History 9 ( 2003 ): 379-392

* Southern African Sand Forest

Andries Pretorius also negotiated the Sand River Convention ( 1852 ), in which Britain acknowledged the independence of the Transvaal.

He is best known for directing cult horror / comedy films the Evil Dead series, the action / superhero film Darkman, crime thriller A Simple Plan and supernatural horror Drag Me to Hell, as well as the blockbuster Spider-Man films and the producer of the successful TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys, Xena: Warrior Princess, Legend of the Seeker ( also the creator ) and Spartacus: Blood and Sand.

He is also the executive producer of Starz original television series Spartacus: Blood and Sand and Spartacus: Gods of the Arena.

He was also upset over the broken promise of filming Blood and Sand in Spain, and the failure to shoot the next proposed film in either Spain or at least New York.

Amantine ( also " Amandine ") Lucile Aurore Dupin (), later Baroness () Dudevant ( 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876 ), best known by her pseudonym George Sand (), was a French novelist and memoirist.

Sand Hill Road is also home to the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.

Sand casting also allows most metals to be cast depending on the type of sand used for the molds.

Algeria has fought only one brief war after independence ( the Sand War, a border conflict with Morocco in 1963 ), but the country is also, like most Arab nations, formally at war with the Israel since 1948.

He was also nominated for Best Film Editing for Citizen Kane ( 1941 ) and Best Picture for The Sand Pebbles ( 1966 ).

He also oversaw the DVD commentaries of The Sand Pebbles, Executive Suite.

The Karakum Desert, also spelled Kara-Kum and Gara Gum (“ Black Sand ”) ( Turkmen: Garagum, Russian: Каракумы ) is a desert in Central Asia.

Raising Sand also won Album of the Year at the 51st Grammy Awards.

Blountsville is also home to the Spring Valley Beach Water Park, one of the few water parks in the lower Sand Mountain area.

These mangroves are important nursery grounds for nearly all major angling fish including Yellowfin Bream ( Acanthopagrus australis ), Flat-tail Sea-Mullet ( Liza argentea ), Luderick ( Girella tricuspidata ) and Sand Whiting ( Sillago ciliata ) which are caught in adjoining waters as adults, mangroves also provide rich organic matter to the Port Hacking Estuary by fixing carbon into the river system through the addition of leaves into the thick rich black mud.

Sand heaths are the dominant vegetation, but the park also contains extensive stands of low woodland and mallee typical of the area, especially in the western parts of the park.

Sand Point, also known as Qagun Tayagungin, is a city in Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, United States.

It is also known as " The Big Dune " or " The Dune " or " The Big Sand Hill.

Between adjudicating and facilitating artists ’ applications for residency, producing other artists ’ shows, managing the household, staff, and fundraising, the resident theatre company was also creating and performing its own new works, such as Of Sand and Thunder ( 1987, directed by Carey Perloff ), The Case Of the Missing Universe ( 1988, directed by Pat Sciarratta ), Accidental Death of an Anarchist ( 1989, directed by Marlene Abraham ), Heartbeast ( 1989, directed by Stephen Ringold, with his new ensemble ), and Nightmare On Wall Street ( 1990, directed by Polina Klimovitskaya ).

The Averill family, of which James K. Averill of Averill Park is a descendant, were also among the early settlers in the western portion of Sand Lake.

Its villages include Beech Mountain Lakes, Drums, Edgewood, Kis-Lyn, Nescopeck Pass ( also in Dorrance Township ), St. Johns, and Sand Spring.

The University of South Carolina Beaufort Sand Shark softball team also plays home games at the Richard Gray Baseball Complex, holding their inaugural season in 2012.

McQueen also earned his only Academy Award nomination in 1966 for his role as an engine room sailor in The Sand Pebbles, in which he starred opposite Richard Attenborough and Candice Bergen.

The pianist José Iturbi played the piano music, and also orchestrated part of the B minor Sonata for the scene when Chopin and George Sand arrive in Mallorca.