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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 ...
Of or pertaining to rivers; produced by the action of a river or stream (e.g., fluvial sediment).
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A reference mark on a structure or natural object, indicating the maximum stage of tide or flood.
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A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, that connects two larger bodies of land.
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The unit of speed used in navigation equal to 1 nautical mile (6,076.115 ft or 1,852 m) per hour.
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(1) Pertaining to the banks of a body of water. (2) Of, on or pertaining to the banks of a river.
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Irregular oscillations of the nearshore water level with periods on the order of several minutes.
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High, landward margin of a flood-tidal shoal that helps divert ebb-tide currents around the shoal.
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The currents which flow parallel to shore before converging and forming the neck of a rip current.
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To place (a pile, slab, or pipe) in the ground by means of a jet of water acting at the lower end.
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