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Coastal engineering
A branch of civil engineering that applies engineering principles specifically to projects within the coastal zone including areas nearshore, estuary, marine, and shoreline.
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Fluvial
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Of or pertaining to rivers; produced by the action of a river or stream (e.g., fluvial sediment).
Low water of ordinary spring tides (LWOST)
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A tidal datum appearing in some British publications, based on low water of ordinary spring tides.
Channel-mouth bar
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A bar built where a stream enters a body of standing water, resulting from decreased flow velocity.
Swash platform
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Sand sheet located between the main ebb channel of a coastal inlet and an adjacent barrier island.
Coastal forcing
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The natural processes which drive coastal hydro- and morphodynamics (e.g.winds, waves, tides, etc).
Mid-extreme tide
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A plane midway between the extreme high water and the extreme low water occurring in any locality.
Bull nose
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Substantial lip or protuberance at the top of the seaward face of a wall, to deflect waves seaward.
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