Pile

A long, heavy timber or section of concrete or metal that is driven or jetted into the earth or seabed to serve as a support or protection.

Glossary of Terms

Reference Zone

In regard to beach measuring procedure, the part of the foreshore subject to wave action (between the limit of uprush and the limit of backwash) at mid-tide stage.

Tropical Storm

A tropical cyclone with maximum winds less than 34 m/sec (75 mile per hour). Compare with hurricane or typhoon (winds greater than 34m/sec).

Beach Nourishment

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

Toe

Lowest part of sea and portside breakwater slope, generally forming the transition to the seabed.

Wave Propagation

The transmission of waves through water.

Coast

A strip of land of indefinite width (may be several kilometers) that extends from the shoreline inland to the first major change in terrain features. The part of a country regarded as near the coast.

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