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Outer Barrier

(Encyclopedia) Outer Barrier, series of sandy barrier islands or offshore bars, extending c.75 mi (120 km) along the south shore of Long Island, SE N.Y., from Rockaway Beach at the west to the east end of Shinnecock...

Machado, Gerardo

(Encyclopedia) Machado, Gerardo mächäˈᵺō [key], 1871–1939, president of Cuba (1925–33). A businessman turned presidential candidate in 1924, he channeled the resurgent nationalism of the era. His victory ...

backshore

(Encyclopedia) backshore: see beach.

foreshore

(Encyclopedia) foreshore: see beach.

berm

(Encyclopedia) berm: see beach.

bar

(Encyclopedia) bar, offshore: see beach.

Sidney

(Encyclopedia) Sidney, city (1990 pop. 18,710), seat of Shelby co., W central Ohio, on the Great Miami River, in a farm area; founded 1811, inc. 1834. Refrigerator parts and machinery are among the items produced th...

shore

(Encyclopedia) shore: see coast; beach. ...

surf

(Encyclopedia) surf: see wave, in oceanography; beach. ...
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