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Most sandbanks (except the Coastal Banks) are covered with smaller surface structures, or so-called sand waves. These waves have an average height of 2 to 4 meters, and become higher the closer they are to the top of the sandbank. At the northern tip of the Flemish banks 8 meter high sand waves occur. The surface structures on the sandbanks that lie closer to the coast are smaller.


Surface structures on the Kwinte Bank
» Surface structures on the Kwinte Bank
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