Dunes are found wherever loose sand is windblown: in deserts, on beaches, and even on some eroded and abandoned farm fields in semiarid regions, such as northwest India and parts of the southwestern United States.

Where is a famous sand dune?

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico

As the lake dried up, it left behind the Tularosa Basin, home to White Sands, a 275-square-mile national monument defined by its glistening, snow-white dunes and famous for being the largest gypsum dunefield in the world.

Are there sand dunes in the US?

The Great Sand Dunes, in southern Colorado, are the tallest in North America, with a few dunes towering over 700 feet. In the spring and summer months, snow melt from the two mountain ranges that frame the park form the wide and shallow Medano Creek, which makes Great Sand Dunes feel like a backwards beach.