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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 ...
The tidal levels and character which would result from gravitational effects, e.g. of the Earth, Sun and Moon, without any atmospheric influences.
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A required open space, specified in shoreline master programs, measured horizontally upland from an perpendicular to the ordinary high water mark.
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Sediment particles with a grain size between 0.004 mm and 0.062 mm, i.e. coarser than clay particles but finer than sand. See soil classification.
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Spongy underwater ice formed on a submerged object or attached to the bottom of a shallow body of water which is itself not frozen; syn. bottom ice
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The maximum slope (measured from the horizontal) at which soils and loose materials on the banks of canals, rivers or embankments will stay stable.
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A shore with long, narrow channels, implying that subsidence of the coast has transformed the lower portions of river valleys into tidal estuaries.
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A submerged elevation of rounded shape rising less than 1000 meters from the ocean floor and of limited extent across the summit. Compare seamount.
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A dangerous longshore current; a rip current caused by return flow; loosely, the submerged channel or inlet through a bar caused by those currents.
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A wave of essentially stable form which does not move with respect to a selected reference point; a fixed swelling. Sometimes called standing wave.
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A recess in the shore or an inlet of a sea between two capes or headlands, not as large as a gulf but larger than a cove. See also bight, embayment.
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