Barrier islands are a coastal landform, a type of dune system and sand island, where an area of sand has been formed by wave and tidal action parallel...
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Great Barrier Island (Māori: Aotea) lies in the outer Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand, 100 kilometres (62 mi) north-east of central Auckland. With an area of...
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Little Barrier Island, or Hauturu in Māori (the official Māori title is Te Hauturu-o-Toi), lies off the northeastern coast of New Zealand's North Island. Located...
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The Texas barrier islands are a chain of barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico along the Texas Gulf Coast. The islands enclose a series of estuaries along...
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The Outer Barrier, also known as the Long Island and New York City barrier islands, refers to the string of barrier islands that divide the lagoons south...
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The Virginia Barrier Islands are a continuous chain of long, narrow, low-lying, sand and scrub barrier islands separated from one another by narrow inlets...
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along shorelines, creating barrier islands. River islands can also form from sediment and debris in rivers. Artificial islands are those made by humans...
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Padre Island is the largest of the Texas barrier islands and the world's longest barrier island. The island is located along Texas's southern coast of...
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Last Island (Official name: Isle Dernière, often misspelled as Îsle Dernière, Isle Dernier, L'Îsle Dernière, Île Dernière, etc.) was a barrier island and...
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Deinacrida heteracantha (redirect from Little Barrier Island giant weta)
where it survived only on Little Barrier Island, although it has been translocated to some other predator-free island conservation areas. This very large...
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