ontologies
ENVO
Environment Ontology (ENVO)
OWL
Last submission date February 17, 2024
ID http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000167
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000167
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Preferred name

bar

Synonyms

sandbar

Definitions

A linear shoaling landform feature within a body of water. Bars tend to be long and narrow (linear) and develop where a current (or waves) promote deposition of granular material, resulting in localized shallowing (shoaling) of the water. Bars can appear in the sea, in a lake, or in a river. They are typically composed of sand, although could be of any granular matter that the moving water has access to and is capable of shifting around (for example, soil, silt, gravel, cobble, shingle, or even boulders). The grain size of the material comprising a bar is related: to the size of the waves or the strength of the currents moving the material, but the availability of material to be worked by waves and currents is also important.

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