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Glossary of Terms

Movement of (beach) sediments approximately parallel to the coastline.

A cross-sectional plot of a shore-normal topographic and geomorphic beach survey, usually in comparison to other survey dates to illustrate seasonal and longer-term changes in beach volume.

Alongshore

Parallel to and near the shoreline (also referred to as longshore).

Oligotrophic

Waters with low primary productivity because of limited supplies of nutrients.

Profile, beach

The intersection of the ground surface with a vertical plane; typically perpendicular to the local shoreline, and may extend from behind the dune line or the top of a bluff to well seaward of the breaker zone.

Groundwater

Water that occupies pores and crevices in rock and soil, below the surface of the Earth. The upper limit of the groundwater is the water table, whose level varies according to the quantity of water entering and extracted from the groundwater. (See also aquifers).

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