Bay mouth bar definitions

bay-mouth bar

(from the article `sandbar`) Bay-mouth bars may extend partially or entirely across the mouth of a bay; bay-head bars occur at the heads of bays, a short distance from shore.
Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/33

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Bay-Mouth Bar

A narrow deposit of sand and/or gravel found across the mouth of a bay.
Found on http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/b.html

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