A line of lakes, believed to have been caused by the sand drifts blocking the outflow to the sea, mark the border between the western, sparsely populated sandy area and the eastern, fertile farmland.
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Loxton noted that the Sand Drift Hills as he called the dunes, increase in size so quickly I would think it quite possible that the Spot may have been covered up years ago .
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The Skagen area suffered from severe problems with sand drift up through the 18th century and in 1795 Saint Lawrence which dated from the beginning of the 15th century and located 2 km south-west of the town centre.
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In 1610 Christian 4th decided that property taxes were deleted, which caused a lot of people to move to Tranum, but people moved away because of a severe sand drift . Therefore, Tranum plantage was built to prevent the sand drift.
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In 1610 Christian 4th decided that property taxes were deleted, which caused a lot of people to move to Tranum, but people moved away because of a severe sand drift . Therefore, Tranum plantage was built to prevent the sand drift.
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In addition to the constant loss of land, the inhabitants during the Little Ice Age were constrained by sand drift . Dunes shifting to the east threatened settlements and arable land and had to be stopped by the planting of marram grass in the 18th century.
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Aalborg was already a town in the mid-10th century, with a fine position on the east-west Lim Fjord that served as a trade route between the North Sea and the Baltic until the 12th century, when the west end of Lim Fjord was closed by sand drifts.
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The oldest piece of kilim which we have any knowledge was obtained by the archaeological explorer Aurel Stein; a fragment from an ancient settlement near Khotan, which was buried by sand drifts about the fourth century CE . The weave is almost identical with that of modern kilims.
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Behlol Lodhi ( 1451 1517 ), the Afghan king who had most of the western parts of India under his control, desired to rule Delhi and on his way, he was caught in a sand drift . While there was nothing visible in the darkness, the King spotted a dim light of a lamp still burning in the wind.
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Present-day Nubians, he reports, are friendly, and so is their visitor, whether he is buying a dozen oranges in a marketplace, dressing up in white to be the guest of honor at a wedding, helping to push a car out of a sand drift, climbing rocks on a rope or allowing himself to be buried naked in the sand, reputed to have healthful properties.
