Barrier reefs form parallel to the shoreline but are separated by a lagoon.
Barrier reefs form parallel to the shoreline but are separated by a lagoon.
A Barrier Reef. The barrier reefs grow parallel to the shore of an island and are separated from it by a deep lagoon.
barrier reef
An encircling coral reef or sandbar can create a shallower area of water near an island, called a lagoon.
The landform you are referring to is called a barrier island. These islands are long, narrow strips of sand that are parallel to the coast and separated from the mainland by a lagoon or marsh. They often provide protection to the mainland from the ocean and can be found in coastal areas around the world.
sand ridges that rise slightly above the surface of the sea and run roughly parallel to the shore, from which it is separated by a lagoon.
Each island is surrounded by a reef enclosing a shallow lagoon.
A body of water separated from the ocean by a barrier island, reef system, or atoll. In the most generic sense, a lagoon is a small body of water separated from a large body of water by some physical boundary.
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atoll
An island with a central lagoon is called an atoll. Kwajalein in the Indian Ocean is a very good example.
A shallow body of water that is separated from the open sea is called a lagoon. Lagoons are also commonly referred to as back reefs.