Atlantic coastal barrier island chain

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf barrier island system ⓘ
coastal landform ⓘ
composedOf narrow sandy islands ⓘ
contains Assateague Island ⓘ
Cape Cod barrier islands ⓘ
Chincoteague Island ⓘ
Fire Island ⓘ
Florida Atlantic barrier islands ⓘ
Georgia Sea Islands ⓘ
linked to: Sea Islands

Outer Banks ⓘ
South Carolina barrier islands ⓘ
dynamicProcess constantly reshaped by currents ⓘ
constantly reshaped by storms ⓘ
constantly reshaped by tides ⓘ
ecosystemService coastal habitat provision ⓘ
sediment storage ⓘ
storm buffering ⓘ
extendsAlongCoastOf United States ⓘ
extendsFrom Maine ⓘ
extendsTo Florida ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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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 → Mid-Atlantic barrier island chain ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic coastal barrier island chain
Town of Highland Beach, Florida → locatedOn → Florida peninsula barrier island chain ⓘ
linked to: Atlantic coastal barrier island chain
Barnegat Peninsula → partOf → Atlantic coastal barrier island chain ⓘ