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ABC CLASSIFICATION OF SANDY AREA - 
  
  
  
  
Ne 
  
   
    
    
1 
Active Sand 
Dunes 
(100-250 mm 
rainfall) 
  
  
  
  
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2 
Stabilized Sand Dunes 
(250-500 mm rainfall) 
  
  
  
   
  
  
DESERTIC 
A X 
A 
Sandy areas in B C 
Hype: Sandy area in Arid Sandy Rainfed 
Arid Region Region ATA in 
(rainfall «100 mm) Canal Command 
Zone 
  
  
  
3 
Inter-dune Areas 
(250-500 mm 
rainfall) 
  
  
  
V- High to very 
high (> 40 m) sand 
dunes 
E — Moderately High 
(15-40 m) sand 
dunes 
D — Low «€ 15 m sand 
dunes, inter-dune 
and hummocks 
  
V - Semi-stabilized to stabilized high (^ 40 m) 
sand . 
dunes and major obstacle dunes 
E — Semi-stabilized to Stabilized moderately 
high 
(15-40 m) dunes and minor obstacle dunes 
D - Semi-stabilized to stabilized low (« 15 m) 
sand 
dunes, highly hummocky and shrub coppice 
dunes 
  
  
V — Closely spaced 
Inter-dune area 
E — Widely spaced 
Inter-dune and . 
hummocky area 
D — Sandy 
undulating 
plain 
  
  
  
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