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What is the word for wearing away of cliffs? corrasion
What is the word for the high tide line? baskshore
What is the word for the return of less turbulent flow or water? backwash
What is the word for the sloping of sand or rock beach
What is the word for the part of the beach beyond the high tide mark? berm
What is the word for an artifical barrier built out in the sea? breakwater
What is the word for land that borders the ocean? coast
What is the word for where sand is depostited on the shore? dune
What is the word for the land between high and low tide? foreshore
What is the word for a small jetty built out into the sea? groyne
What is the word for the action of waves breacking on the shore? swash

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