tombolo
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Rocks behind the stack may be eroded away and sand eroded from the point collects behind it forming a tombolo, a sand strip that connects the stack to the shoreline.
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The breakwaters have acted as islands and the sand has been deposited in the low-energy water behind them, in the same way that a tombolo forms.
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Eventually enough sediments accumulate to connect the island to the mainland with a tombolo.
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There is a good example of a tombolo in Figure 17.1, and another in Figure 17.22.
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The strip of sediment connecting the main beach to the rocky island is a tombolo.
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Waves and longshore drift are important in controlling the formation of beaches, as well as spits, tombolos, baymouth bars, and barrier islands.
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