A barachois is a term used in Atlantic Canada to describe a coastal lagoon separated from the ocean by a sand bar. Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: A lagoon is a body of comparatively shallow salt or Brackish water separated from the deeper Sea by a shallow or exposed sandbank, coral An ocean (from Greek, ''Okeanos'' (Oceanus) is a major body of saline water, and a principal component of the Hydrosphere. A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, Salt water may enter the barachois during high tide. Characteristics A tide is a repeated cycle of sea level changes in the following stages Over several hours the water rises or advances up a beach in the flood
The sand bar often is formed as a result of sediment deposited in the delta region of a river. Sediment is any particulate matter that can be transported by fluid flow and which eventually is deposited as a layer of solid particles on the bed or bottom of a body of A delta is a Landform where the mouth of a River flows into an Ocean, Sea, Estuary, Lake or another river "Riverine" redirects here For the use of that term in Maritime geography, see there
The term comes from a Basque word, “barratxoa”, meaning “little bar”. Basque ( native name: euskara) is the Language spoken by the Basque people who inhabit the Pyrenees in North-Central Spain The popular derivation from the French “barre à choir” is without historical merit.
Examples
- the Barachois de Malbaie on the Gaspé peninsula, fed by the Malbaie, Beattie, du Portage and Murphy Rivers
- Barachois Pond Provincial Park in western Newfoundland
- Prince Edward Island National Park has several examples
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