beach vs sandhills

beach

noun
  • A horizontal strip of land, usually sandy, adjoining water. 

  • Synonym of gravel trap 

  • The loose pebbles of the seashore, especially worn by waves; shingle. 

  • A dry, dusty pitch or situation, as though playing on sand. 

  • The shore of a body of water, especially when sandy or pebbly. 

verb
  • To run aground on a beach. 

  • To run (something) aground on a beach. 

  • To run into an obstacle or rough or soft ground, so that the floor of the vehicle rests on the ground and the wheels cannot gain traction. 

sandhills

How often have the words beach and sandhills occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )