I learned a new word today.

The word is...tombolo.

It is a noun. A tombolo is a sandbar that pops up at low tide and
connects the mainland to an island.

Here's an article and some photos:

http://geology.about.com/cs/gorgeous...a/aa082999.htm

A friend in Milford, Connecticut, sent me an email this morning with a
photo of his local "tombolo," a sandbar that at low tide
appears between Milford and Charles Island. He referred to the sandbar
as a tombolo, and since I was not familiar with the word, I looked it up.

Tombolo it is.

Boating related, of course. I ran into that particular tombolo a couple
of times when I was a lad and an avid boater and sailor on Long Island
Sound.




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