A large sandbar there has impeded navigation and has tended to limit development along its banks.

Fort Zeelandia was established on the largest sandbar to control the channel for entering the inner sea.

Dayton has a large sandbar, just offshore.

Burlington Bay is a natural harbour with a large sandbar called the Beachstrip.

But the Connecticut River, which Old Lyme is near, has no such city because of a large sandbar that blocks its entrance to ships.

The island reportedly stayed submerged for several days before parts of it reemerged as large sandbars.

The Blackwater's sandy bottom, white beaches and large sandbars contrast with the dark tannic water that gives the river its name.

Below a black limestone cliff, the waters turned in a broad, easy curve, slowing down enough to leave behind a large white sandbar, crisscrossed with footprints.

Galveston is built on a low, flat island, little more than a large sandbar along the Gulf Coast.

On one side, the tide brings large quantities of sediment which cause large sandbars within the river.