"mouth bar" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mouth bars [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mouth bar (plural mouth bars)
  1. (geomorphology) A bar that forms in the middle of an estuary or of a channel in a river delta. Wikipedia link: mouth bar Categories (topical): Geomorphology Translations (bar in a river delta): cabedelo (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-mouth_bar-en-noun-v0EL1Dk1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Topics: geography, geology, geomorphology, natural-sciences

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