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Tombolo near Karystos, Euboea, Greece Tombolo contrasted with other coastal landforms.. A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus.A tombolo, from the Italian tombolo, meaning 'pillow' or 'cushion', and sometimes translated incorrectly as ayre (an ayre is a shingle beach of any kind), is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a ...
There are two theories with regard to the formation of Point Pelee. Firstly, it is thought that Point Pelee has formed from depositional processes. [10] Alternatively, it is suggested that Point Pelee is a relic of a past feature that has eroded over time. [10] This gap in knowledge provides the opportunity for further research.
Los Morrillos de los Cabos Rojos (Spanish for "the little promontories of the red capes") or more commonly known as Los Morrillos de Cabo Rojo, is a cape and tombolo landform located in southwestern Puerto Rico in the municipality of Cabo Rojo. Los Morrillos is an excellent example of a tombolo, or a tied island, with two sand pits.
Rôche moutonnée – Rock formation created by the passing of a glacier; Sandur – Plain formed from glacier sediment transported by meltwater; Side valley – Valley with a tributary to a larger river; Summit – Point on a surface with a higher elevation than all immediately adjacent points
The sandy isthmus or tombolo "The Neck" connects North and South Bruny Island in Tasmania, Australia. An isthmus (/ ˈ ɪ s m ə s, ˈ ɪ s θ m ə s /; [1] pl.: isthmuses or isthmi) [2] is a narrow piece of land connecting two larger areas across an expanse of water by which they are otherwise separated. [3]
Unlike tombolo bars, a peresyp seldom forms a contiguous strip and usually has one or several channels (called girlo (гирло) in Russian) that connect the liman and the sea. [2] [3] The noun пересыпь is derived from the verb пересыпать, "sprinkle over".
Collapsed Ordovician limestone bank showing coastal erosion.NW Osmussaar, Estonia.. Coastal geography is the study of the constantly changing region between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, climatology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and history) of the coast.
Wave-cut platform at Southerndown, South Wales, UK. A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion.