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My Shoreline Picture Dictionary

Published on Nov 19, 2015

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My Shoreline Picture Dictionary

By: Ayonnia Hicks

Wave

A body of water curling into an arched form and breaking on the shore
Photo by SergioTudela

Barrier Islands

a island close to the mainland, protecting the mainland from erosion and storms
Photo by eustatic

Sea Stack

After eroding of a clif, a column of rock standing in the sea called a 
Photo by atp-photos

Abrasion

the mechanical weathering of a rocks surface by friction

Wave- Cut platform

the narrow flat area found at the base of a sea cliff
Photo by SAGT

Longshore Transport

the transportation of sediments along a coast at an angle to the shoreline
Photo by pete riches

Wave Refraction

a change in the direction of waves as they pass from one medium to another

Sea Arch

A weakness in a rock that has been eroded away creating a...
Photo by bltboston

Beach

a shore between high and low water marks

Groin

a low wall built out into the ocean to prevent it from washing away sedement from the beach
Photo by LindaH

Spit

narrow coastal land formation that is tied to the coast at one end
Photo by goingslo

Sandbar

A narrow sandbank at the mouth of a river
Photo by roamunit

seawall

A wall made to prevent the sea from eroding an area of  land

Tombolo

A bar of sand joining an island to the mainland
Photo by Simaron

Breakwater

a structure made to protect an anchorage from the effects of both weather and longshore drift

Beach nourishment

the process of dumping sand from elsewhere onto an eroding shoreline to create a new beach
Photo by MichaelTyler

Wave- cut cliff

a cliff formed by the erosive action of waves on rock
Photo by Jocey K