Coral Bleaching Reporting

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Glossary of Terms

Territorial sea

The offshore belt in which a coastal state has exclusive jurisdiction. The territorial sea may not extend more than 12 nautical miles from the coastline.

Erosion Hotspots

Areas where coastal erosion has threatened shoreline development or infrastructure. Typically, the shoreline has been armored and the beach has narrowed considerably or been lost.

Permeable Groyne

A groyne with openings or voids large enough to permit passage of appreciable quantities of littoral drift through the structure.

Dynamic Equilibrium

A system in flux, but with influxes equal to outfluxes.

Scarp, beach

An almost vertical slope along the beach caused by erosion by wave action. It may vary in height from a few cm to a metre or so, depending on wave action and the nature and composition of the beach.

A steep slope, usually along the foreshore and/or at the vegetation line formed by wave attack.

Downstream

Along coasts with obliquely approaching waves there is a longshore (wave-driven) current.

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