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Compare beaches, spits, and tombolos.

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What is a Beach, Spit, Bar or Tombolo?

Beaches:

Land form that lies along the shoreline

Contain little particles (Sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles and more)

Spits:

Extended stretch of beach material

Out to the sea from the coastline

Tombolo:

is a ridge of sand and shingle that joins the mainland to an island.

These are all called:

Depositional Landforms

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