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| Accumulation of whatever loose material (commonly sand,gravel, or bits of shell and so forth) that accumulate on a shoreline as the result of wave action. |
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| Inventory of sources and losses of sediment to a particular stretch of coastline |
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| Artificial process of adding sediment(sand) to a beach for recreational and aesthetic purposes as well as to provide a buffer to coastal erosion. |
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| A structure(as a wall) which may be attached to a beach or located offshore, designed to protect a beach or harbor from the force of the waves. |
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| A structure designed to protect shorelines and trap sediment in the zone of littoral drift, generally constructed perpendicular to the shoreline. |
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| Typical cyclone characterized by circulating winds of 100km/hr or greater generated over an area of about 160km in diameter; known as typhoons in the Pacific Ocean. |
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| Often constructed in pairs at the mouth of a river or inlet to a lagoon, estuary, or bay, designed to stabilize a channel, control deposition of sediment, and deflect large waves. |
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| Longshore Sediment Transport |
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| With respect to coastal processes, refers to the transport of sediment in the nearshore environment by wave activity |
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| A seaward flow of water in a confined narrow zone from a beach to beyond the breaker zone. |
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| Steep(commonly near-vertical) bluff adjacent to and adjoining a beach or coastal environment; produced by a combination of erosional processes including wave activity and subaerial processes such as weathering, landsliding, and runoff or surface water from the land. |
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| Engineering structure constructed at the water's edge to minimize coastal erosion by wave activity |
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| Wind-driven oceanic waves, usually accompanying a hurricane |
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| Tropical Cyclone (typhoon) |
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| Severe storm generated from a tropical disturbance called typhoons in most of the Pacific Ocean and hurricanes in the Western Hemisphere. |
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