gancho arenoso
English translation: spit
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| 3 | Sandbar or Spit |
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27 mins confidence: 
spit Explanation: GEOLOGÍA COSTERA - Page 64 - Google Books Result GANCHOS ARENOSOS. Son pequeñas islas barrera con morfología de gancho Spit, in geology, narrow coastal land formation that is tied to the coast at one end. .. They often are complexly curved, with a characteristic recurved head (hook); https://www.britannica.com/science/spit-coastal-feature Dinamica-y-evolucion-de-flechas-litorales-el-litoral-onubense ...https://www.researchgate.net › publication › links › Din... acrecionar, un nuevo gancho arenoso (spit) (Morales, 1995). Separada de isla Canela por el canal mareal del río Carreras se encuentra la actual contraflecha . Caracterización de suelos forestales de la provincia de Huelvahttp://oa.upm.es › se presentan bandas arenosas, bien en forma de gancho arenoso (spit) o bien deposi- tándose sobre la playa, ambas de reciente deposición. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 31 mins (2021-01-25 13:24:48 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Over time, the spit grows and develops a hook if wind direction changes further out. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/guides/zsfwcwx/revision/2 |
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Sandbar or Spit Explanation: Whether it is a bar or a spit would depend on how the feature was formed https://www.britannica.com/science/sandbar https://www.britannica.com/science/spit-coastal-feature |
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