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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 ...
(1) Same as backrush. The seaward return of the water following the uprush of the waves. For any given tide stage the point of farthest return seaward of the backwash is known as the limit backwash or the limit of backrush. (2) Water or waves thrown back by an obstruction such as a ship, breakwater, or cliff.
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A massive groin, or projecting section of seawall normally constructed with its crest above water level.
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Small fragments of rock which have been worn or broken away from a mass by the action of water or waves.
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The interval of time in which a tidal current is ebbing, determined from the middle of the slack waters.
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The period of tide between low water and the succeeding high water; a rising tide.
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In a progressive oscillatory wave, a summation of the energy of motion of the particles within the wave.
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Tidal current of decreased velocity occurring semimonthly as the result of the moon being in quadrature.
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A beach, usually small, in a coastal reentrant or between two littoral barriers (often rocky headlands).
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A two-dimensional histogram showing the joint probability density of two variables within a data sample.
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Tidal currents of increased velocity occurring semi-monthly as the result of the moon being new or full.
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