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{{Image|Tombolo Paximadhi Eboea.jpg|right|400px|An example of a tombolo | {{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 [[isthmus]] 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. | '''Tombolo''' is the geographic term for an [[isthmus]] 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. | ||
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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 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.