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Dunes with tips pointing into the wind are called barchan dunes parabolic dunes longitudinal dunes transverse dunes 

          Dunes with tips pointing into the wind are called
barchan dunes
parabolic dunes
longitudinal dunes
transverse dunes

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00:03 Yeah guys so when we talk about the birchen dunes, yes, they are being made by the wind.
00:15 Yes, wind that blow the sand along the crest of sand.
00:25 Also, you can say that the sand is being pushed up the dune.
00:34 Then it flows down the other side also the parabolic tunes are being shaped yes they are being shaped like a parabola and created by wind blowing sand parallel to the ground also the longitudinal the longitudinal tunes are being created when the wind blows sand in straight lines...
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