Oceans

Oceans

An ocean is a body of saline water that composes a large part of a planet's hydrosphere.

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Scarp

Water bodies; Oceans

An almost vertical slope along the beach caused by erosion by wave action. It may vary in height from a few inches to several feet, depending on wave action and the nature and composition of the ...

Seawall

Water bodies; Oceans

A vertical, wall-like coastal-engineering structure built parallel to the beach or duneline and usually located at the back of the beach or the seaward edge of the dune.

Nourishment

Water bodies; Oceans

The placement of sediment on a beach or dunes by mechanical means.

Tide

Water bodies; Oceans

The periodic rising and falling of the water that results from gravitational attraction of the moon, the sun and other astronomical bodies acting upon the rotating earth.

Updrift

Water bodies; Oceans

The direction opposite that of the predominant movement of sediment along the shore. The side of a groin, jetty or other structure where sand accumulates.

Upland

Water bodies; Oceans

A general term for land or ground that is higher than the floodplain.

Solid particles or masses of particles that originate from the weathering of rocks and are transported, suspended in, or deposited by air, water or ice, or by other natural agents such as chemical ...