{"id":346281,"date":"2025-09-15T17:53:18","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:23:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=346281"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:53:18","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T12:23:18","slug":"erra-matti-dibbalu-red-sand-dunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/erra-matti-dibbalu-red-sand-dunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><strong>News\u00a0<\/strong>: Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes) beside the Visakhapatnam\u2013 in Andhra Pradesh were added to the Tentative List of UNESCO Natural Heritage Sites.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: left\">About Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes)<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_346283\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-346283\" style=\"width: 368px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-346283\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-TH-5.jpg?resize=368%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-TH-5.jpg?resize=300%2C191&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-TH-5.jpg?resize=1024%2C652&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-TH-5.jpg?resize=768%2C489&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Source-TH-5.jpg?w=1370&amp;ssl=1 1370w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-346283\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; TH<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> It is also called the <strong>Red Sand Hills<\/strong>, it is located on the <strong>outskirts of Visakhapatnam<\/strong> along the <strong>Bay of Bengal coast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Origin: <\/strong>It was formed during the <strong>late Quaternary Age (about 2.6 million years)<\/strong>, these deposits capture climate oscillations and sea-level changes, providing a stratigraphic record of landscape evolution.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Discovery:<\/strong> The site was <strong>first documented in 1886 by British geologist William King<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The landscape spans about <strong>1,500 acres<\/strong> and displays rare coastal <strong>geomorphological formations<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Importance:<\/strong> The striking <strong>red<\/strong>, <strong>sediment-derived dunes<\/strong> are an important sedimentary record that offers insights into past climatic conditions, with multi-layered sediments preserved in place.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Recognition:<\/strong> It was <strong>declared a National Geo-heritage Monument in 2016<\/strong> by the Geological Survey of India.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Key feature<\/strong>\n<ul style=\"text-align: left\">\n<li>It is composed of sand, silt, and clay. The red colour results from long-term natural oxidation.<\/li>\n<li>The red sediments form a continuing chapter in Earth\u2019s evolution and represent the late Quaternary geologic age.<\/li>\n<li>It exhibits badland topography with different geomorphic landforms and features. These include gullies, sand dunes, buried channels, beach ridges, paired terraces, the \u201cvalley in the valley,\u201d wave-cut terraces, knickpoints, and waterfalls.<\/li>\n<li>Dendritic drainage and well-preserved sediment layers that record sea-level and climate fluctuations.<\/li>\n<li>Extremely rare globally, with only two comparable sites: <strong>one in Sri Lanka and another in Tamil Nadu (Teri Sands).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News\u00a0: Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes) beside the Visakhapatnam\u2013 in Andhra Pradesh were added to the Tentative List of UNESCO Natural Heritage Sites. About Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes) Location: It is also called the Red Sand Hills, it is located on the outskirts of Visakhapatnam along the Bay of Bengal coast. Origin:&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/erra-matti-dibbalu-red-sand-dunes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Erra Matti Dibbalu (red sand dunes)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039,11211],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-346281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}