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What (who) is shoal - definition

NATURAL SUBMERGED SANDBANK THAT RISES FROM A BODY OF WATER TO NEAR THE SURFACE
Longshore bar; Offshore bar; Barrier bar; Sandbar; Sandbank; Shoals; Sand bar; Sandbars; Sand bank; Bar (landform); Sand banks; Bay-bar; Gravelbar; Beach bar; Shoal complex
  • Miyazu]], [[Kyoto Prefecture]], [[Japan]]
  • The [[Doom Bar]] sand bank extends across the [[River Camel]] estuary in [[Cornwall]], England, UK
  • St Agnes]] and [[Gugh]] on the [[Isles of Scilly]], off the coast of [[Cornwall]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
  • White Island]] in [[Camiguin]], Philippines
  • Shoals in the [[Mississippi River]] at [[Arkansas]] and [[Mississippi]], USA.
  • Sandbar between Nosy&nbsp;Iranja&nbsp;Be and Nosy&nbsp;Iranja&nbsp;Kely<br />([[Nosy Iranja]], [[Madagascar]])
  • New York]], US, August 2006.
  • Waya]] and Wayasewa of the [[Yasawa Islands]], [[Fiji]]

shoal         
I. n.
1.
Crowd, throng, multitude, swarm, horde.
2.
Shallow, sand-bank, bar.
II. v. n.
1.
Crowd, throng.
2.
Grow shallow.
III. a.
Shallow.
Shoal         
·noun A sandbank or bar which makes the water shoal.
II. Shoal ·adj Having little depth; shallow; as, shoal water.
III. Shoal ·vi To become shallow; as, the color of the water shows where it shoals.
IV. Shoal ·noun A place where the water of a sea, lake, river, pond, ·etc., is shallow; a shallow.
V. Shoal ·noun A great multitude assembled; a crowd; a throng;
- said especially of fish; as, a shoal of bass.
VI. Shoal ·vi To assemble in a multitude; to Throng; as, the fishes shoaled about the place.
VII. Shoal ·vt To cause to become more shallow; to come to a more shallow part of; as, a ship shoals her water by advancing into that which is less deep.
shoal         
(shoals)
A shoal of fish is a large group of them swimming together.
Among them swam shoals of fish.
...tuna shoals.
N-COUNT: oft N of n

Wikipedia

Shoal

In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It often refers to those submerged ridges, banks, or bars that rise near enough to the surface of a body of water as to constitute a danger to navigation. Shoals are also known as sandbanks, sandbars, or gravelbars. Two or more shoals that are either separated by shared troughs or interconnected by past or present sedimentary and hydrographic processes are referred to as a shoal complex.

The term shoal is also used in a number of ways that can be either similar or quite different from how it is used in geologic, geomorphic, and oceanographic literature. Sometimes, this term refers to either any relatively shallow place in a stream, lake, sea, or other body of water; a rocky area on the seafloor within an area mapped for navigation purposes; or a growth of vegetation on the bottom of a deep lake that occurs at any depth or is used as a verb for the process of proceeding from a greater to a lesser depth of water.

Examples of use of shoal
1. The team also examined the structure of the shoal and discovered a distinct pattern.
2. "It‘s like a shoal of fish that will turn round," says Sir Stephen.
3. The 130–turbine facility would be built on Horseshoe Shoal, about nine miles from Martha‘s Vineyard.
4. The Shoal Creek Mine remained closed for a fifth day Tuesday.
5. The Eliza Shoal lies a few kilometers west of Jeddah and is the site of Chicken and Marble wrecks.