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Ordinary tide
This expression is not used in a technical sense by the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, but the word "ordinary" when applied to tides, may be taken as the equivalent of the word "mean". Thus "ordinary high water line" may be assumed to be the same as "mean high water line".
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- Category: Coastal engineering
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