The Towans are a three mile stretch of coastal sand dunes on the north coast of Cornwall, England, running northeast from the Hayle estuary to Gwithian beach. Their name comes from the Cornish word tewyn, meaning sand dune. Much of the dune system rises more than 50 meters above sea level, reaching 72 meters at Phillack Towans, and the South West Coast Path runs along it. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Wikidata P31 formation-type mapped to formative process Erosion via reviewed judgment map (earth atlas); source citation is this entity's own cited Wikidata item.
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Towan (from Cornish: Tewyn, meaning "sand dune") is found in many placenames in Cornwall (Porthtowan for example).
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Much of the area falls within the Gwithian to Mexico Towans SSSI (Site of Special Scientific Interest), noted for both its geological and biological interest.
In Group: Coastal Dunes, Lead sentence
However, The Towans usually refers to the three-mile (5 km) stretch of coastal dunes which extends north-east from the estuary of the River Hayle
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