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Jetty
On open seacoasts, a structure extending into a body of water, which is designed to prevent shoaling of a channel by littoral materials and to direct and confine the stream or tidal flow. Jetties are built at the mouths of rivers or tidal inlets to help deepen and stabilise a channel.
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- Industry/Domain: Engineering
- Category: Coastal engineering
- Government Agency: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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