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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 ...
Clastic sediment or rock that consists of particles all having approximately the same size. Example: sand dunes.
Industry:Engineering
A geologic formation that is water-bearing, and which transmits water from one point in the formation to another.
Industry:Engineering
A groin constructed such that sand cannot pass through the structure (but sand may still move over or around it).
Industry:Engineering
Waves with random wave periods (and in practice, also heights), which are typical for natural wind-induced waves.
Industry:Engineering
A structure extending into a body of water for the purpose of discharging sewage, storm runoff, or cooling water.
Industry:Engineering
The wave period determined by the inverse of the frequency at which the wave energy spectrum reaches its maximum.
Industry:Engineering
An elongated body of land nearly surrounded by water and connected to a larger body of land by a neck or isthmus.
Industry:Engineering
Shoals that accumulate near inlets due to the transport of sediments by tidal currents associated with the inlet.
Industry:Engineering
That part of the beach which is uncovered by water (e.g. at low tide). Sometimes referred to as 'subaerial' beach.
Industry:Engineering
Variations in the tides or tidal currents associated with changes in the phase of the Moon in relation to the Sun.
Industry:Engineering
