Barrier island

A narrow, sandy island exposed to the open ocean on one side and separated on the other side from the mainland by a narrow, shallow lagoon or embayment. There is a prominent ...

barrier island

Geography; Physical geography

Long, narrow islands of sand and/or gravel that are usually aligned parallel to the shore of some coasts.They protect the coast from erosion by waves.

barrier island

Engineering; Coastal engineering

A detached portion of a barrier beach between two inlets. It commonly has dunes, vegetated areas, and swampy terranes (see barrier flat) extending from the beach into the lagoon. ...

barrier island

Earth science; Geology

A ridge of sand that runs parallel to the main coast but is separated from it by a bay or lagoon. Barrier islands range from 10 to 100 kilometers in length and from 2 to 5 ...

placer

Earth science; Oceanography

A layer of minerals laid down by flowing water. People who pan for gold search through placers.

reef

Earth science; Oceanography

An underwater ridge of rock that rises up to or near the surface. Reefs are important ecosystems that provide home for sea life.

aquascape

Earth science; Oceanography

A scenic view of a body of water; an area having a natural or constructed aquatic feature (as a pond or fountain).

equatorial rossby wave

Earth science; Oceanography

An equatorially trapped westward propagating wave that moves due to isentropic gradients of potential vorticity. The meridional velocity of the n'th mode of these waves has the ...

blackbody radiator

Earth science; Oceanography

A hypothetical, ideal radiator that totally absorbs and reemits all energy incident upon it. Actual objects only approach this ideal.

shear instability

Earth science; Oceanography

An instability of an unbounded parallel shear flow to the growth and nonlinear development of waves with phase speed in the along flow direction approximately equal to the speed ...

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Smurf account

A character or account that appears to be new, but is actually being played by someone with a lot of experience in the game. There are usually two ...