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tombolo [tɒmˈbəʊləʊ] N
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- Though an island during high tide, during low tide it is accessible by foot using a rocky tombolo that stretches from the beach to the island.en.wikipedia.org
- A tombolo is a conjoining link which occurs when flowing water slows in the gap between an island and the mainland and drops sediment it is carrying.www.independent.ie
- The ruins of a 12th-century chapel can still be seen near the end of the tombolo.en.wikipedia.org
- The tombolo model affirms a constant sediment source and a strong unidirectional or bi-directional (monsoonal) longshore current.en.wikipedia.org
- The island is tidal, connected to the mainland by a sand tombolo, and is cut off on almost every high tide.en.wikipedia.org
- Because of this susceptibility to weathering, tombolos are sometimes made more sturdy through the construction of roads or parking lots.en.wikipedia.org
- Depending on the physical conditions such as storms, the feature can alternate between a cuspate foreland and a tombolo.en.wikipedia.org
- A tombolo is a bar that forms an isthmus between an island or offshore rock and a mainland shore.en.wikipedia.org
- These currents transport large amounts of sand along coasts, forming spits, barrier islands and tombolos.en.wikipedia.org
- The promontory is linked to the continent by means of a sandy tombolo with a maximum elevation of 3m ft.en.wikipedia.org
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