Atlantic coastal barrier island chain

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barrier island system coastal landform

The Atlantic coastal barrier island chain is a series of narrow, sandy islands running parallel to the eastern shoreline of North America, protecting the mainland from ocean waves, storms, and erosion.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Florida peninsula barrier island chain	1
Mid-Atlantic barrier island chain	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	barrier island system ⓘ coastal landform ⓘ
composedOf	narrow sandy islands ⓘ
contains	Assateague Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Cod barrier islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Chincoteague Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Fire Island NERFINISHED ⓘ Florida Atlantic barrier islands ⓘ Georgia Sea Islands NERFINISHED ⓘ Outer Banks NERFINISHED ⓘ South Carolina barrier islands NERFINISHED ⓘ
dynamicProcess	constantly reshaped by currents ⓘ constantly reshaped by storms ⓘ constantly reshaped by tides ⓘ
ecosystemService	coastal habitat provision ⓘ sediment storage ⓘ storm buffering ⓘ
extendsAlongCoastOf	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsFrom	Maine NERFINISHED ⓘ
extendsTo	Florida NERFINISHED ⓘ
formedBy	longshore sediment transport ⓘ sea-level fluctuations ⓘ wave action ⓘ
function	protect mainland from ocean waves ⓘ protect mainland from storm surge ⓘ reduce coastal erosion on mainland ⓘ
habitatFor	dune vegetation communities ⓘ sea turtles ⓘ shorebirds ⓘ
hasFeature	beach ridges ⓘ dune systems ⓘ inlets ⓘ overwash fans ⓘ
locatedAlong	eastern shoreline of North America ⓘ
locatedIn	Atlantic Ocean ⓘ
oriented	roughly parallel to mainland coast ⓘ
roleIn	dissipating wave energy ⓘ modifying storm surge impacts ⓘ shaping Atlantic coastal morphology ⓘ
separatedFrom	mainland by bays ⓘ mainland by estuaries ⓘ mainland by lagoons ⓘ
studiedInField	coastal geomorphology ⓘ marine geology ⓘ
vulnerableTo	human development pressure ⓘ intense hurricanes ⓘ sea-level rise ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Absecon Island → partOf → Atlantic coastal barrier island chain ⓘ

Assateague Island barrier spit → partOf → Atlantic coastal barrier island chain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Mid-Atlantic barrier island chain

Town of Highland Beach, Florida → locatedOn → Atlantic coastal barrier island chain ⓘ

this entity surface form: Florida peninsula barrier island chain