Explore: Spits (geomorphology)

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated

and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, climatology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and

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dominant drift direction, spits are affected by the strength of wave-driven current, wave angle and the height of incoming waves. Spits are landforms that have

spit had become inundated by the ocean, forming a 2-km-long island. "Geomorphology: Why Heard Island looks like it does..." Department of Sustainability

Press. ISBN 9780199653065. Thornbury, William D. (1969). Principles of geomorphology (2d ed.). New York: Wiley. pp. 288–302. ISBN 0471861979. Fowler, H.W

drift) or transverse transport of sediment. A peresyp may form when two spits on the two sides of a liman grow and meet. These channels can then close

landforms, such as deltas, sand bars, spits, and tie channels. Landforms at the river mouth drastically alter the geomorphology and ecosystem. Along coasts, sand

Carboniferous has been considered as continuous. The limestone karstic geomorphology of the bay has developed since the Miocene, especially the cone-shaped

and supply most of the water used by residents. This type of terrain (geomorphology) that develops over a carbonate platform or strata is called karst topography