kum sığlığı

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Definition of kum sığlığı in Turkish English dictionary

(Askeri) sand spit

(Coğrafya) A spit or sand spit is a deposition landform found off coasts. A spit is a type of bar or beach that develops where a re-entrant occurs, such as at a cove, headlands and known as longshore drift. Where the direction of the shore turns inland (reenters) the longshore current spreads out or dissipates. No longer able to carry the full load, much of the sediment is dropped. This cases a bar to build out from the shore, eventually becoming a spit

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kum sığ·lı·ğı