East Coast Landscape

The relatively undeveloped East Coast of Barbados is renowned for its natural beauty and pounding waves. Spectacular vistas are easy to find on this coast, a large portion of which has been designated as a national park under the Physical Development Plan administered by the Town and Country Development Planning Office.

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Glossary of Terms

Breaker Depth

The still-water depth at the point where a wave breaks. Also called breaking depth.

Sediment

Loose fragments of rocks, minerals or organic material which are transported from their source for varying distances and deposited by air, wind, ice and water. Other sediments are precipitated from the overlying water or form chemically, in place.

The fine grained material deposited by water or wind.

Seagrass Beds

Benthic communities, usually on shallow, sandy or muddy bottoms, dominated by grasslike marine plants.

Silt

Sediment particles with a grain size between 0.004mm and 0.062mm, i.e. coarser than clay particles but finer than sand.

Tetrapod

Concrete armor unit with four stubby legs, used on breakwaters and seawalls to dissipate wave energy.

Monitoring

Periodic collection of data to study changes in an environment over time.

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East Coast Landscape