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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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Mean high water line
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The intersection of the tidal plane of mean high water with the shore. (Similar definitions apply to mean low water line and mean lower low water line).
Homopycnal flow
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A condition in which the outflow jet from a river or coastal inlet and the water in the receiving basin are of the same density or are vertically mixed.
Graded bedding
Engineering; Coastal engineering
An arrangement of particle sizes within a single bed, with coarse grains at the bottom of the bed and progressively finer grains toward the top of the bed.
Avulsion
Engineering; Coastal engineering
(1) Rapid erosion of the shore land by waves during a storm. (2) A sudden cutting off of land by flood, currents or change in course of a body of water.
Lee
Engineering; Coastal engineering
(1) Shelter, or the part or side sheltered or turned away from the wind or waves. (2) (Chiefly nautical) The quarter or region toward which the wind blows.
Reef
Engineering; Coastal engineering
An offshore consolidated rock hazard to navigation, with a least depth of about 20 metres (10 fathoms) or less. Often refers to coral fringing reefs in tropical waters.
Inland waters
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Waters landward of the baseline (coastline) from which the marginal seas are measured and over which complete sovereignty is exercised. Also known as "internal waters."