beach: Quick Facts

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People walk along a sandy, rocky beach in Malibu, Los Angeles, with ocean waves on the right and houses and hills in the background.

County Galway: beach at Connemara

beach at Kilkee

Palm trees lean over a sandy beach with turquoise water and gentle waves near Grande Anse de Salines, Martinique, with a few people swimming in the distance.

palm trees in Guadeloupe

Maui: Ka‘anapali beach

Sand dune beach near Bouctouche, on the east coast of New Brunswick, Can.

Learn about sands, which are formed from quartz and also the formation of smooth, sandy beaches

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