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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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erosion
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The wearing away of land by the action of natural forces. On a beach, the carrying away of beach material by wave action, tidal currents, littoral currents, or by deflation.
generating area
Engineering; Coastal engineering
In wave forecasting, the continuous area of water surface over which the wind blows in nearly a constant direction. Sometimes used synonymously with fetch length. Also fetch.
upland
Engineering; Coastal engineering
Dry land area above and landward of the ordinary high water mark (OHWM). Often used as a general term to mean high land far from the coast and in the interior of the country.
diurnal inequality
Engineering; Coastal engineering
The difference in height of the two high waters or of the two low waters of each day. Also, the difference in velocity between the two daily flood or ebb currents of each day.
diversion channel
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A waterway used to divert water from its natural course. The term is generally applied to a temporary arrangement, e.g. to by-pass water around a dam site during construction.
smooth sheet
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A sheet on which field control and hydrographic data such as soundings, depth curves, and regions surveyed with a wire drag are plotted before the production of a final chart.
short-crested wave
Engineering; Coastal engineering
A wave, the crest length of which is of the same order of magnitude as the wave length. A system of short-crested waves has the appearance of hills being separated by troughs.
