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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 bulge of sand formed at the landward mouth of tidal inlets as a result of flow expansion.
Industry:Engineering
The velocity induced by wave motion with which a specific water particle moves within a wave.
Industry:Engineering
Linguoid, bar-like feature formed by ebb tidal current flow over a low area of an ebb shield.
Industry:Engineering
An intense tropical cyclone in which winds tend to spiral inward toward a core of low pressure, with maximum surface wind velocities that equal or exceed 33.5 m/sec (75 mph or 65 knots) for several minutes or longer at some points. Tropical storm is the term applied if maximum winds are less than 33.5 m/sec but greater than a whole gale (63 mph or 55 knots). The term typhoon is applied to tropical cyclones in the western Pacific Ocean.
Industry:Engineering
Change in the relative volume of the world’s ocean basins and the total amount of ocean water.
Industry:Engineering
The removal of a thin layer of surface material, usually topsoil, by a flowing sheet of water.
Industry:Engineering
A small muddy marshland or tidal waterway which usually connects other tidal areas.
Industry:Engineering
Flow for which the Froude number is less than unity; surface disturbances can travel upstream.
Industry:Engineering
The rush of water up onto the beach face following the breaking of a wave. Also uprush, runup.
Industry:Engineering
A creek draining back-barrier areas with a current generated by the rise and fall of the tide.
Industry:Engineering
