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The United States Army Corps of Engineers is a federal agency with a mission to provide vital public engineering services in peace and war to strengthen the nation's security, energize the economy, and reduce risks from disasters. It is also a major U.S. Army organization employing some 38,000 ...
Sand piled on a beach foreshore to nourish downdrift beaches by natural littoral currents or forces. See feeder beach.
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The difference in height between consecutive high and low (or higher high and lower low) waters.
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A (rock) structure on the bed in order to protect the underlying bed against erosion due to current and/or wave action.
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The study of the physical characteristics and properties of the earth, usually employing quantitative physical methods.
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A conspicuous object, natural or artificial, located near or on land, which aids in fixing the position of an observer.
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The property of bulk material (sand, crushed rock, soft rock in situ) which permit movement of water through its pores.
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A point on the ground whose horizontal or vertical location is used as a basis for obtaining locations of other points.
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Stone heavy enough to require handling individual pieces by mechanical means, generally weighing 900 kg (1 ton) and up.
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A series of waves in which the wave direction, wavelength, and wave height vary only slightly. See also group velocity.
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A low, smoothly-rounded, elongate hill of compact glacial till built under the margin of the ice and shaped by its flow.
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