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High Water Line

In strictness, the intersection of the plane of mean high water with the shore. For specific occurrences, the highest elevation on the shore reached during a storm or rising tide, including meteorological effects.

Beach Nourishment

The technique of placing sand fill along the shoreline to widen the beach.

Patch Reef

a mound like or flat-topped organic reef, generally less than 1 km across, frequently forming part of a larger reef complex.

Mud

A fluid-to-plastic mixture of finely divided particles of solid material and water.

Marker, survey

An object placed at the site of a station to identify the surveyed location of that station.

Turbidity

A condition of a liquid due to fine visible material in suspension, which may not be of sufficient size to be seen as individual particles by the naked eye but which prevents the passage of light through the liquid.

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