Proposal:Natural=shoal
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| Tag:natural=shoal | |
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| Proposal status: | Draft (under way) |
| Proposed by: | Hamish |
| Tagging: | natural=shoal |
| Applies to: | area |
| Definition: | An area of the sea floor which nears the sea surface (literally, becomes shallow) and can lie completely below it or be exposed at low tide. |
| Statistics: |
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| Rendered as: | dotted line |
| Draft started: | 2012-08-19 |
| RFC start: | * |
| Vote start: | * |
| Vote end: | * |
Alternatively, it can be described as tidal sand spit, although the latter is generally not tidally washed. Often, but not always, breaks waves over its top and can be a hazard to navigation, as in the famous wikipedia:Nantucket Shoals.
Related tags
- man_made=shoal - perhaps for artificial surf breaks
- tidal=yes
- seamark:type=sea_area
- seamark:sea_area:category=shoal