A barachois is a coastal lagoon partly or entirely cut off from the open ocean by a bar of sand or shingle. The term is used in Atlantic Canada, in Saint Pierre and Miquelon, and on Reunion and Mauritius. On Diego Garcia in the British Indian Ocean Territory it instead names the narrow mouthed saltwater wetlands found within the island's lagoon.
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In Discipline: Oceanography, Lead paragraph
A barachois is a type of coastal lagoon partially or totally separated from the ocean by a sand or shingle bar
Caused By: Sedimentation, Lead paragraph
Barachois features often form as a result of sediment deposition in the delta of a river or, in some locations such as Miquelon Island, by a tombolo.
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