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| The land that adjoins the nearshore zone |
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| The returning water onto a beach |
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| A long narrow narrow accumulation of sand creating an island like mass |
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| The section of the beach subjected to wave uprush |
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| Aritificial replenishment of sand to a beach. |
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| The beach surface along a set line |
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| The flat accumulation of sand on a beach above high tidal lines |
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| The region of surf zone where shallow-water waves break |
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| A massive structure erected offshore to protect a shoreline from direct impact of storm winds and waves |
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| sections of a beach coast |
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| A sediment deposit, typicaly triangular in shape, formed at the mouth of a river |
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| Consists of the shoreline and the submerged "front" of the delta |
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| The part of the delta that goes from the shoreline to the submerged |
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| The sand that has been created into a hill on a beach where high-winds have blown the sand up the beach. |
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| A small structure erected perpendicular to a beach and designed to catch the longshore drift |
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| A long structure extending seaward to protect a harbor from shoaling by the longshore drift of sediment |
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| A submarine sand ridge nearshore zone that is parallel or subparallel to the shoreline |
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| A shore parallel current in the surf zone that is powered by breaking waves |
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| The transport of sand in the surf zone parallel to the shoreline by longshore currents |
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| The inshore region of the coast between mean high tide and the breaker zone |
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| The open water that lies seaward of the breaker zone |
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| deposits of the inner-continental shelf |
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| The process by which waves are bent and redirected as a consequence of wave interraction with bottom irregularities |
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| A narrow, swift seaward flowing current along the shore that drains water from the surf zone. |
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| The process by which wind causes sand grains to bounce and jump along the ground |
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| A technique used for documenting changes in the quantity of sand in a beach or nearshore system by comparing inputs and outputs of sand. |
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| A narrow tongue of sand that extends from the shoreline |
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| A revetment or wall erected to prevent wave erosion and the encroachment of the seas |
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| The time when the beach is balanced and stable |
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| A beach profile characterized by a narrow berm, a gently sloping beach face, and submarine bars that is produced by storm erosion |
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| An unusually high stand of sea level produced by strong storm winds blowing water shoreward |
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| The section of the coastal zone between the shoreline and the breaker zone |
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| The rush of water up the beach face after a wave has broken |
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| A beach profile characterized by a broad berm and steep beach face that evolves during a stretch of fair weather when incoming waves move sand onto the beach |
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| A channel or openning through a barrier island that admits the tidal flow of water |
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| The fan=shaped accumulation of sand on the landward side of a barrier island that is deposited by storm waves which overtop the island |
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| As a sea cliff is eroded back by the waves, a platform is created that slopes gently seaward |
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| The mass transport of water into tge syrf zone by breaking waves. |
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