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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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Quarry run
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Waste of generally small material, in a quarry, left after selection of larger grading.
Confluence
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The junction of two or more river reaches or channels (the opposite of a bifurcation) .
Step
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The nearly horizontal section which more or less divides the beach from the shoreface.
Land breeze
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A light wind blowing from the land to the sea, caused by unequal cooling of land and water masses.
Ebb shield
Engineering; Coastal engineering
High, landward margin of a flood-tidal shoal that helps divert ebb-tide currents around the shoal.
Feeder current
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The currents which flow parallel to shore before converging and forming the neck of a rip current.
Surf beat
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Irregular oscillations of the nearshore water level with periods on the order of several minutes.
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