Question

7. Explain why Georgia's coastal islands are called barrier islands. a. During the American Revolution, the islands acted as barriers delaying the British b. Coral reefs form a priſtective barrier around the islands, C. European explorer Sir Edmund Barrier discovered the islands in 1642. d. The islands protect the mainland coast from ocean winds and waves. conridered a rernurre found in Georgia's Coastal​

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D - The islands along the southern Atlantic coast from Virginia to Georgia are called barrier islands because they protect the mainland from storms, tide and erosion.

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