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