Nebkhas are a type of anchored dune that forms by sediment accumulation around grasses,
shrubs or trees. This paper outlines their importance, their distribution at global and local …

Livestock grazing is one of the main causes of rangeland degradation in Saudi Arabia.
Fencing to exclude grazers is one of the main management practices used to restore …

Saudi Arabia diverse landforms include saltmarshes, sand dunes, desert plains, desert
pavements, ancient lava fields, and mountains. Climate is influenced by winter Polar and …

This study examines the role of sediment supply in controlling the formation and the spatial
patterns of nebkha, numbers and sizes, present in foredunes fronting coastal dunefields of …

Aims Nebkhas, discrete sand mounds formed with a plant, are a common landscape feature
critical to the stability of desert ecosystems. However, adaptations which allow plants to …

Foredunes in arid coastal dune systems comprise nebkhas, which originate by interactions
between vegetation and aeolian sedimentation. While continuous foredunes in temperate …

Wadis are unique intrazonal landscapes in arid and semi-arid regions of the world. These
wadis are undergoing rapid physical and socio-economic changes. The present study …

Abstract Five lakes (Mariut, Edku, Burullus, Manzala, and Bardawil) of global importance for
migratory birds extend along the Egyptian Mediterranean coast. Burullus and parts of Lakes …

Nebkhas are important indicators of land degradation in desert steppes and play an
important role in the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of desert steppe ecosystems …

Very large isolated nebkhas, up to 4 m high and 14 m wide, have developed on the upper
beach of a several hundred meters wide foreshore on the French coast of the Dover Strait …