Barrier beach

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002745",
  "term": "Barrier beach",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Barrier Beach",
  "definition": "1. A bar essentially parallel to the shore, which has been built up so that its crest rises above the normal high water level. Also called barrier island and offshore barrier.\n\n2. A narrow, elongate, coarse-textured, intertidal, sloping landform that is generally parallel with the beach ridge component of the barrier island (or a spit), and which is adjacent to the ocean.",
  "subject": "Natural environments",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coastal Services Center Glossary of Coastal Terminology",
    "Jackson 1997; Peterson 1981; Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/barrier-beach/"
}