The occasion is the semiannual pupfish count in Ash Meadows, Nev ., a 24, 000-acre oasis of clay dunes, spring-fed pools, and plants and animals found nowhere else in the world.
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Fixed crescentic dunes that form on the leeward margins of playas and river valleys in arid and semiarid regions in response to the direction ( s ) of prevailing winds, are known as lunettes, source-bordering dunes, bourrelets and clay dunes.