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

Habitat

The physical space where an organism, population or species lives. Habitats are usually categorized by particular physical or biological characteristics (e.g., coral reefs, mangrove forests).

Marker, survey

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

Institutional Integration

(As related to integrated coastal management) - The process of bringing together separate functions of government at different levels together with other stakeholders to provide a unified approach to interventions in the managed area.

Sediment Source

Point or area on a coast from which beach material is supplied, such as an eroding cliff, or river mouth.

Littoral Zone

In beach terminology, an indefinite zone extending seaward from the shoreline to just beyond the breaker zone.

Cusp

One of a series of short ridges on the foreshore separated by crescent-shaped troughs spaced at more or less regular intervals. Between these cusps are hollows. The cusps are spaced at somewhat uniform distances along beaches. They represent a combination of constructive and destructive processes.

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East Coast Landscape