Beach
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Beach
- A pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the ocean between high- and low-water marks.
Wave
- A long body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore.
Abrasion
- The process of scraping or wearing away.
Wave Refraction
- A change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to another.
Longshore Transport
- The process responsible for the movement of sand and sediment along the coastline.
Wave-Cut Cliff
- The narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by the erosion of waves.
Wave-Cut Platform
- The narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by the erosion of waves.
Sea Arch
- An opening through a headland, formed by wave erosion or solution.
Sea Stack
- A column of rock standing in the sea, remaining after erosion of cliffs.
Spit
- An extended stretch of beach material that projects out to sea and is joined to the mainland at one end.
Sandbar
- A long, narrow sandbank, especially at the mouth of a river.
Tombolo
- A bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland.
Barrier Island
- A long narrow island lying parallel and close to the mainland, protecting the mainland from erosion and storms.
Groin
- A rigid hydraulic structure built from an ocean shore
Breakwater
- A barrier built out into a body of water to protect a coast or harbor from the force of waves.
Seawall
- A wall or embankment erected to prevent the sea from encroaching on or eroding an area of land.
Beach Nourishment
- The process of dumping or pumping sand from elsewhere onto an eroding shoreline to create a new beach
