Question

Most of the remaining population of Welsh’s Milkweed is in a park named for these geographical features with a distinct “Coral Pink” color. The largest area (15[1])in the Arctic with these features is in the south of Alaska’s Kobuk Valley National Park. The intermittent Medano Creek maintains the size of these formations in a national park in the San Luis Valley of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The Kelso region is one area where these features are known to (*) “sing.” (10[1])The largest of these (10[1])formations made of gypsum are found at a national park designated in 2019 that periodically closes for missile testing. Crescent-shaped barchan ones of these (10[1])formations contrast with a 750-foot-tall star-shaped one in a national park named for them in Colorado. (-5[1])For 10 points, Indiana’s only (10[1])national park, on its northern lakeshore, is named what wind-shaped sand formations? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: dunes [accept Indiana Dunes National Park; accept Great Sand Dunes National Park; accept Kelso Dunes; accept Coral Pink Sand Dunes]
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