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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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Cove
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A small, sheltered recess in a coast, often inside a larger embayment.
Bight
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A bend in a coastline forming an open bay. A bay formed by such a bend.
Delta plain
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The nearly-level surface composing the landward portion of a large delta.
Reference plane
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The plane to which sounding and tidal data are referred. See datum plane.
Wave climate
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The seasonal and annual distribution of wave height, period and direction.
Land-sea breeze
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The combination of a land breeze and a sea breeze as a diurnal phenomenon.
Tidal pool
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A pool of water remaining on a beach or reef after recession of the tide.
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