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A sloping accretion of aeolian or fluvial material, sometimes including palaeosols, up- or downwind of an obstacle. Sand ramps can provide evidence of palaeoclimates; see Thomas (1997) Quat. Res. 48, 2.
From: sand ramp in A Dictionary of Geography »
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