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6.3.2.5 Baymouth Bar (Barrier Bar)

A baymouth bar forms when a spit grows across the entire mouth of the bay. This bar acts to reduce the wave advance into the bay. With time, the entire bay may be sealed except for a small channel inlet for tides and fresh water flowing into and out of the bay.


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Shore processes
Shore processes
Thornbury, W. D.
Principles of Geomorphology.
John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1966.
Shore processes  Coastal deposition features  Gravel bar built across drowned valley. Stone lagoon, Oregon. June 1950.  baymouth bar 

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