tombolo

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The tombolo behind the breakwater is now acting as a large groin in the beach drift.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

Rocks behind the stack may be eroded away and sand eroded from the point collects behind it forming a tombolo, a sand strip that connects the stack to the shoreline.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2017

The strip of sediment connecting the main beach to the rocky island is a tombolo.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Eventually enough sediments accumulate to connect the island to the mainland with a tombolo.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

There is a good example of a tombolo in Figure 17.1, and another in Figure 17.22.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015