sandplain

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noun

An area whose surface consists of sand deposited from elsewhere by the wind or sea.

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Meanings

nounsandplain (plural sandplains)

plural sandplains

  1. geographyAn area whose surface consists of sand deposited from elsewhere by the wind or sea.

    I'll think of how the kids come alive walking around sandplains / reading tracks, looking for goannas, digging up witchetty grubs / collecting berries, branches of bush medicines.

    2022, Meg Mooney, Northern Territory Literary Awards, page 33

Origin

From sand + plain.

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APA

sandplain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandplain

MLA

“sandplain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandplain. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sandplain,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sandplain.

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