Tombolo
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A tombolo is a sandy or shingle isthmus. It is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land such as a spit or bar. Once attached, the island is t
Tombolo near Karystos, Euboea, Greece
Tombolo connecting Ap Lei Pai to Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong
The tombolo connecting St Ninian's Isle with the Shetland Mainland
Monte Argentario, Tuscany, Italy
Chesil Beach
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Chesil Beach is a major shingle beach structure in Dorset, England. Behind the beach is the Fleet, a shallow tidal lagoon. The beach runs for a length of 29 kilometres from West Bay to the Isle of Por
Tombolo
…shoreline, known as a spit, will connect with an island and form a tombolo. In the case of longshore drift due to an oblique wave direction, like at Chesil Beach or Spurn Head, the flow of material is along the coast in a movement which is not determined by wave diffraction around the now tied island, such as…
Chesil Beach and the Fleet at Langton Herring
"Gradation of Stones from Burton Bradstock to Chesilton", 1910
Effect of wave action on shingle transport
Large shingle at Chesil Cove (south-eastern end)