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rlane42

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Barrier islands are ____.
  a. perpendicular but attached to the shore
  b. parallel but separate from land
  c. broad and offshore
  d. part of the mainland
  e. migrating away from shore as sea level rises



Question 2

What is a tombolo?
  a. An embayment parallel to the shore
  b. Interconnected marshlands in a river
  c. A passage to the ocean within a bar
  d. A bridge of sediment that connects a sea island to the mainland
  e. A long, shallow body of seawater isolated from the ocean




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ambernicolefink

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Answer to Question 1

b

Answer to Question 2

d




rlane42

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Reply 2 on: Aug 22, 2018
Excellent


parker125

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Reply 3 on: Yesterday
Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it

 

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