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For the Italian city, see Tombolo, Italy. Tombolo is a Comune (municipality in the Province of Padua in the Italian region Veneto, located about 45 km northwest of
Tombolo at Stockton Island, Ashland County (Wisconsin).
Tombolo at Stockton Island, Ashland County (Wisconsin).
Satellite view of Chesil Beach (shown as a long blue line) in Dorset, England (Landsat image viewed using NASA World Wind software)
Satellite view of Chesil Beach (shown as a long blue line) in Dorset, England (Landsat image viewed using NASA World Wind software)
Ap Lei Pai (left), an islet connected to Ap Lei Chau (right), a bigger island, in the southern waters in Hong Kong.
Ap Lei Pai (left), an islet connected to Ap Lei Chau (right), a bigger island, in the southern waters in Hong Kong. Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, is a Tombolo in Dorset, southern England. The Landsat program is the longest running enterprise for acquisition of imagery of Earth from space WorldWind is a free Open source Virtual globe developed by NASA and open source community for use on Personal computers running Microsoft

A tombolo is a deposition landform such as a spit or bar which forms a narrow piece of land between an island or offshore rock and a mainland shore, or between two islands or offshore rocks. Deposition is the geological process by which material is added to a Landform or land mass A spit is a deposition Landform found off Coasts. At one end spits connect to land while at the far end they exist in open water A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat Linear Landform within or extending into a body of Water, An island (ˈaɪlənd or isle (/ˈaɪl/ is any piece of land that is completely surrounded by water in two dimensions above high tide and isolated from other significant They usually form because the island causes wave refraction, depositing sand and shingle moved by longshore drift in each direction around the island where the waves meet. Ocean surface waves are Surface waves that occur on the Free surface of the Ocean. Refraction is the change in direction of a Wave due to a change in its Speed. Longshore drift (sometimes known as shore drift, LSD or littoral drift) is a geological process by which Sediments such as sand Eustatic sea level rise may also contribute to accretion as material is pushed up with rising sea levels. Mean sea level (MSL is the average (mean height of the Sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface This is the case with Chesil Beach which connects the Isle of Portland to Dorset in England which is notable as the shingle ridge is parallel rather than perpendicular to the coast. Chesil Beach, sometimes called Chesil Bank, is a Tombolo in Dorset, southern England. The Isle of Portland ( is a limestone tied island long by wide in the English Channel. Dorset ( (or archaically, Dorsetshire) is a county in South West England on the English Channel coast England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland

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tombolo

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  1. A spit of sand linking an island to the mainland (or to another island), formed by longshore drift.
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