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{{Image|Tombolo Paximadhi Eboea.jpg|right|400px|An example of a tombolo seen from the air. This one is on cape Paximadhi in [[Greece]].}} | {{Image|Tombolo Paximadhi Eboea.jpg|right|400px|An example of a tombolo seen from the air. This one is on cape Paximadhi in [[Greece]].}} | ||
{{Image|Accreting coast Image6.svg|right|400px|Coastal and oceanic landforms. Cuspate foreland, tombolo, spit, bay, lagoon, barrier island.}} | {{Image|Accreting coast Image6.svg|right|400px|Coastal and oceanic landforms. Cuspate foreland, tombolo, spit, bay, lagoon, barrier island.}} | ||
'''Tombolo''' is the geographic term for an | '''Tombolo''' is the geographic term for an isthmus (narrow neck connecting an island to a land mass) formed when currents carrying sand are slowed by an island, depositing a sandbar that transforms the island into a [[peninsula]].<ref name=Mahiques/> [[Presqu'ile (Ontario)]] is an example of a tombolo. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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An example of a tombolo seen from the air. This one is on cape Paximadhi in Greece.
Tombolo is the geographic term for an isthmus (narrow neck connecting an island to a land mass) formed when currents carrying sand are slowed by an island, depositing a sandbar that transforms the island into a peninsula.[1] Presqu'ile (Ontario) is an example of a tombolo.
References
- ↑ Michel Michaelovitch De Mahiques (2016). “Tombolo”, Encyclopedia of Estuaries, 713–714. DOI:10.1007/978-94-017-8801-4_349. ISBN 978-94-017-8800-7.