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sandbar

or sand bar

[ sand-bahr ]

noun

  1. a bar of sand formed in a river or sea by the action of tides or currents.


sandbar

/ ²õă²Ô»å′²úä°ù′ /

  1. A long mass or low ridge of submerged or partially exposed sand built up in the water along a shore or beach by the action of waves or currents.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of sandbar1

First recorded in 1760–70
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In late August, they began to notice the water retreating, leaving sandbars exposed.

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Tens of thousands used to watch racers navigate curves and narrow passages, dodging logs and sandbars.

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The two-year-old female calf had been stuck in the tidal lagoon after her pregnant mother was stranded and later died on a sandbar.

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Bar push is caused when deposition on the inside of a bend forms a sandbar, which pushes the curve outward.

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The original Terminal Island had been nothing more than a glorified sandbar known as Rattlesnake Island, named for the animals that washed into the harbor during heavy rains.

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