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...
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backshore
(Encyclopedia) backshore: see beach.
foreshore
(Encyclopedia) foreshore: see beach.
berm
(Encyclopedia) berm: see beach.
bar
(Encyclopedia) bar, offshore: see beach.
shore
(Encyclopedia) shore: see coast; beach.
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surf
(Encyclopedia) surf: see wave, in oceanography; beach.
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South Carolina, University of
(Encyclopedia) South Carolina, University of, main campus at Columbia; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1801, opened as a college 1805, became a university 1906. One of the earliest state-supported colleges...
Barnegat Bay
(Encyclopedia) Barnegat Bay bärˈnəgăt [key], arm of the Atlantic Ocean, c.30 mi (50 km) long, E N.J., inside Long Beach Island and Island Beach Peninsula. It is a heavily used recreational asset in an area that ...
coast protection
(Encyclopedia) coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the beach and the inevit...
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