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How does a sand spit form?

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What is the name of the largest sand spit on earth?

The longest sand spit on earth is the Curonian Spit.


What is a sand?

Well, do you mean a sand SPIT?


HOW DOSE A SPIT FORM?

how does a spit form


What is an elongated strip of sand called?

spit


Beginning with the source of sand explain how spit forms?

spit forms as a result of deposition by longshore drift


Beginning with the source of sand explain how a spit forms?

spit forms as a result of deposition by longshore drift


What are coastal features formed as a result of longshore drift?

Beaches, Sand bars and Spits.


Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called?

Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift, sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called a spit.


How are a sand spit and a tombolo alike?

Sand spits form when elongated sandbars remain in place due to wave action along a shoreline. The spit can remain attached to the shore as an isthmus, or a bar can be separated to form a barrier island. Tombolos can create the same form but in the opposite manner. An island near the shore accumulates sandbars in the separating strait, and can become a "tied island" when the tombolo creates a permanent land bridge.


In poptropica what do you do to get the diamond in Giza where the guys who spit sand?

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What are sand splits and barrier islands?

Sand Spit: A sand spit is an elongated line of sand that usually extends parallel to shore. Barrier Islands: Barrier Islands are long,narrow coastal island.


What is a sand spilt?

A "sand spit" is an elongated line of sand (or sandbar) that usually extends parallel to the shore, connected to the mainland. If it grows high enough to survive tides, it can become a peninsula. If it is separated from the land after forming, it can become an offshore barrier island.