Dunes from Tarifa
by Antonio Jordán, University of Seville, Sevilla, Spain
Valdevaqueros beach is located in Tarifa, in the strait of Gibraltar (southern Spain). The western extreme of the beach is occupied by an extensive dune formed during the 40's of the twentieth century, when attempts to prevent sand movement that threatened to engulf military installations led to the formation of a large dune that was later fixed by a pine reforestation. The dune is still active.
At present, the dune and neighbour virgin areas are menaced by urban development.
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- Europe (3778)
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- Exact location (-5.6953 W, 36.0677 N)
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Canon EOS 350D
Taken on 20
March
2009
Submitted on 4 June 2012
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Antonio Jordán (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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