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Cuspate spit
The spit that forms in the lee of a shoal or offshore feature (breakwater, island, rock outcrop) by waves that are refracted and/or diffracted around the offshore feature. It may eventually grow into a tombolo linking the feature to the mainland.
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- Category: Coastal engineering
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