It's not flooded with water

[Stevenloan]

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- Hi everybody! Is it correct to say "To get to the small island from the mainland, there's a path you can walk there because it's not flooded with water." in this situation?

Thanks very much!

StevenLoan

[trolley]

People would certainly understand what you meant, Steve, but it's probably not the way a native speaker would word it.
"You can walk to the island, on the sandbar (spit, tombolo) that connects it to the mainland"
BTW...where is that...it's beautiful!

[Erik_Kowal]

I would probably say something like "You can get to the small island from the mainland along a connecting walkway that {isn't submerged / is above the water}".

One could quibble that it doesn't completely meet the definition of an island, because it isn't entirely surrounded by water.

[Bobinwales]

I would call it a causeway.
"At low tide you can walk to the island on the causeway".

[Erik_Kowal]

Quite right, Bob. I felt that 'walkway' was somehow wrong, but you nailed it.

Thanks.

[Stevenloan]

trolley : Thanks so much for your answer. It's an island in Khánh Hòa, Vietnam. Erik and Bob : Thanks very much for your answers.

StevenLoan

[Bobinwales]

This is the tidal causeway from Rhossili to Worms Head on the Gower Peninsular not too far from where I live.
As you can see at high tide the causeway is completely submerged. It is not unknown for visitors to get stuck overnight.

[Stevenloan]

Bob : Thanks so much for the useful pictures.

StevenLoan