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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 point at which the forces imposed on a sediment particle overcome its inertia and it starts to move.
Industry:Engineering
An elongated depression, usually with an outlet, between bluffs or between ranges of hills or mountains.
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The period of tide between high water and the succeeding low water; a falling tide.
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Removal of underwater material by waves and currents, especially at the base or toe of a shore structure.
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Point or area on a coast from which beach material is supplied, such as an eroding cliff, or river mouth.
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A rounded rock more than 256 mm (10 inch) in diameter; larger than a cobblestone. See soil classification.
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An artificially widened beach serving to nourish downdrift beaches by natural littoral currents or forces.
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The floating vertical cliff forming the seaward edge of an ice shelf or other glacier that enters the sea.
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A cay, esp. one of the low, insular banks of sand, coral, and limestone off the southern coast of Florida.
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(1) A submerged structure across a river to control the water level upstream. (2) The crest of a spillway.
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