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English-Polish dictionary for engineers. 2013.
backshore beach
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beach ridge — A low, essentially continuous mound of beach or beach and dune material heaped up by the action of waves and currents on the backshore of a beach, beyond the present limit of storm waves or the reach of ordinary tides, and occurring singly or… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
backshore — The area of a beach extending from the limit of high water foam lines to dunes or extreme inland limit of the beach … Military dictionary
backshore — /bak shawr , shohr /, n. Geol. 1. the zone of the shore or beach above the high water line, acted upon only by severe storms or exceptionally high tides. 2. the area immediately adjacent to a sea cliff. 3. berm (def. 3). [1915 20; BACK1 + SHORE1] … Universalium
backshore — the beach above the high water, or high tide, mark which is usually untouched by wave action … Geography glossary
backshore — The upper or inner, usually dry, zone of the shore or beach, lying between the high water line of mean spring tides and the upper limit of shore zone processes; it is acted upon by waves or covered by water only during exceptionally severe… … Glossary of landform and geologic terms
backshore — /ˈbækʃɔ/ (say bakshaw) noun the part of a beach above the normal spring high tides, usually dry except in exceptional circumstances …
backshore — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : the part of the seashore between the foreshore and the coastline covered by water only during storms of exceptional severity * * * /bak shawr , shohr /, n. Geol. 1. the zone of the shore or beach above the high water line, acted … Useful english dictionary
Crescent Beach, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia — Crescent Beach is a 2 km long, 40 to 65 m wide crescent shaped beach, with white sand, not far from the community of LaHave and the town of Lunenburg (famous for the Bluenose schooner). Other nearby communities are Green Bay and Petite… … Wikipedia
coastal landforms — ▪ geology Introduction any of the relief features present along any coast, the result of a combination of processes, sediments, and the geology of the coast itself. The coastal environment of the world is made up of a wide variety of… … Universalium
berm — /berrm/, n. 1. Also, berme. Fort. a horizontal surface between the exterior slope of a rampart and the moat. 2. Also called bench. any level strip of ground at the summit or sides, or along the base, of a slope. 3. Also called backshore, beach… … Universalium
