Isobath

A contour line connecting points of equal water depths on a chart.

Glossary of Terms

Collective term covering the action of natural forces on the shoreline, and near shore seabed.

A cyclical, large-scale changes in atmospheric and ocean patterns in which, among other things, warm surface water in the Pacific moves further to the east than normal. (See also El Niño ).

Coastal Area

The land and sea area bordering the shoreline. An entity of land and water affected by the biological and physical processes of both the sea and land and defined broadly for the purpose of managing the use of natural resources.

Geographical Information System (GIS)

Database of information which is geographically referenced, usually with an associated visualization system.

Reef breakwater

Rubble mound of single-sized stones with a crest at or below sea level which is allowed to be (re)shaped by the waves.

Downdrift

Flow in the direction of net longshore sediment transport.

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