tombolo
Beach linking land
A tombolo is a narrow strip of sand or gravel connecting an island to the mainland or to another island.
These natural land bridges form when waves deposit sediment in the sheltered water between landmasses: We walked across the tombolo at low tide to reach the island.
Expelled mouth moisture
Fine rock particles
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- tideOcean's cyclical swell
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- coastlineLand-water boundary
seaside · shingle · strand · intertidal
Particles settling in liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- accretionGrowth through external addition
- driftGradual movement, no direction
- longshoreAlong the shoreline
erosion · silting · sedimentary · geomorphology · tidal · littoral · marine
spit
Expelled mouth moisture
sand
Fine rock particles
coastline · seaside · shingle · strand · intertidal
sediment
Particles settling in liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
- accretionGrowth through external addition
- driftGradual movement, no direction
longshore · erosion · silting · sedimentary · geomorphology · tidal · littoral · marine
link
Point of connection
isthmus · junction · passage · corridor · pathway · access · crossing
island
Water-bounded land mass
stack · sea-stack · holm · Mont-Saint-Michel