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Definition of Tombolos
1. tombolo [n] - See also: tombolo
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tombolos
Literary usage of Tombolos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... the associated longshore beach drifting play a very important role in the
formation of various types of beaches, spits, bars, tombolos, and forelands. ..."
2. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... the associated longshore beach drifting play a very important role in the
formation of various types of beaches, spits, bars, tombolos, and forelands. ..."
3. The American Geologist by Newton Horace Winchell (1899)
"Uncompleted tombolos. —There are very few of these, as most islands have passed
... Completed tombolos: double. —Connecting islands with the mainland are ..."
4. A Textbook of Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"Early erosion and connection of some of the drumlins by bars or tombolos. ...
Further connection of eroded drumlins by beaches (tombolos). ..."
5. A Comprehensive Geology by Amadeus William Grabau (1920)
"Early erosion and connection of some of the drumlins by bars or tombolos. ...
Further connection of eroded drumlins by beaches (tombolos). ..."
6. Field Geology by Frederic Henry Lahee (1917)
"Spits, tombolos, bayhead beaches, baymouth bars, etc. (233), are abundantly
represented. In the lapse of time the islands are demolished, the headlands are ..."
7. The Face of the Earth as Seen from the Air: A Study in the Application of by Willis Thomas Lee, ( (1922)
"On the outer side of the tombolos underwater shoals and bars are seen dimly at
the right (south, Block Island Sound side) and more clearly at the left (west ..."
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