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 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 (15[1])region is one area where these features are known to (*) “sing.” (-5[1])The largest of these formations made of gypsum are found at a national park (10[1])designated (10[1])in 2019 that periodically closes for missile testing. (10[1])Crescent-shaped barchan ones of these formations contrast with a 750-foot-tall star-shaped one in a national park named for them in Colorado. For 10 points, Indiana’s only 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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Micah ColmanTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Kenas rational as the square root of two power bottoms6815
Kane NguyenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut79-5
Colin VeeversCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere9310
Adil HaiderThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers9410
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit10210
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 14110

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