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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 ...
A light wind blowing from the land to the sea, caused by unequal cooling of land and water masses.
Industry:Engineering
A tidal datum appearing in some British publications, based on low water of ordinary spring tides.
Industry:Engineering
A plane midway between the extreme high water and the extreme low water occurring in any locality.
Industry:Engineering
A long, narrow inlet, with depth gradually diminishing inward. Shorter and shallower than a fjord.
Industry:Engineering
Small bed forms with wavelengths less than 0.3 m (1 foot) and heights less than 0.03 m (0.1 foot).
Industry:Engineering
Assessment of the total risk due to all possible environmental inputs and all possible mechanisms.
Industry:Engineering
Sand sheet located between the main ebb channel of a coastal inlet and an adjacent barrier island.
Industry:Engineering
Substantial lip or protuberance at the top of the seaward face of a wall, to deflect waves seaward.
Industry:Engineering
A bar built where a stream enters a body of standing water, resulting from decreased flow velocity.
Industry:Engineering
The natural processes which drive coastal hydro- and morphodynamics (e.g.winds, waves, tides, etc).
Industry:Engineering
