tidal inlet
tidal inlet A narrow channel that connects the open sea with a lagoon. Tidal inlets often occur in barrier-island systems and are typified by small-scale deltas at each end of the inlets, resulting from the high-velocity, tidal-reversal currents that flow through the channels.
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