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Keywords: Shoreline, Tide, Ridge, Shore, Sand
A narrow, elongate, coarse-textured ridge tht once rose near to, or barely above, a pluvial or glacial lake and extending generally parallel to the shore.
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SAND ridge or ridges, extending along the SHORE outside the TROUGH, that may be exposed at LOW TIDE or may occur below the WATER LEVEL in the OFFSHORE.
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submerged lenticular body of sand or gravel beyond the surf zone.
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A ridge of sand running roughly parallel to the shoreline which may become exposed at low tide. There can be a series of these running parallel to one another at different water depths. See Komar (1976).
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A sand bar that extends roughly parallel to the shoreline.
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