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Gabion

Steel wire-mesh basket to hold stones or crushed rock to protect a bank or bottom from erosion. Structures composed of masses of rocks, rubble or masonry held tightly together usually by wire mesh so as to form blocks or walls. Sometimes used (although not recommended) on heavy erosion coastal areas to retard wave action.

Groundwater

Water that occupies pores and crevices in rock and soil, below the surface of the Earth. The upper limit of the groundwater is the water table, whose level varies according to the quantity of water entering and extracted from the groundwater. (See also aquifers).

Pocket Beach

A beach, usually small, in a coastal reentrant or between two littoral barriers (often rocky headlands).

Coastal Current

Those currents which flow roughly parallel to the shore and constitute a relatively uniform drift in the deeper water adjacent to the surf zone. These currents may be tidal currents, transient, wind-driven currents, or currents associated with the distribution of mass in local waters.

For navigational purposes, the term is used to designate a current in coastwise shipping lanes where the tidal current is frequently rotary.

Offshore Breakwater

A breakwater built towards the seaward limit of the littoral zone, parallel (or nearly parallel) to the shore.

Oceanography

The study of the sea embracing and indicating all knowledge pertaining to the sea's physical boundaries, the chemistry and physics of the seawater, marine biology, and marine geology.

  • Home
  • ICZM Policy and Legislation
    • Updated Draft Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan (2020)
    • Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan
    • Local Legislation
    • International Conventions and Committees
  • Projects and Programs
    • Barbados Marine Spatial Plan Project
    • Coastal Risk Assessment and Management Program
    • Coastal Infrastructure Programme
    • Coastal Conservation Programme
    • Coastal Conservation Study
    • Diagnostic and Pre-Feasibility Coastal Conservation Study
  • Public Education
    • My Coast
    • Calendar of Events
    • News and Articles
    • Coastal Project Stakeholder Feedback
  • Marine Parks
    • Carlisle Bay Marine Park
    • Folkestone Marine Protected Area
  • Resources
    • CZMU Library and Online Catalog
    • Coral Reef Research Application
    • Coastal Habitat Research Permit Application
    • Coral Bleaching Report
    • Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease Report
    • Sea Urchin Die-Off Report
    • Buoys
    • Careers
    • Current Issues
    • FAQs
    • Glossary of Terms
    • Photo Gallery
    • Video Gallery
    • Report an Issue
  • About the CZMU
    • Mission of the CZMU
    • History
    • CZMU Sections
    • Contact CZMU
    • Apply to be an Intern
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