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Barbados Marine Spatial Plan Project Launch Photos

Damaged Coral

Corals and Coral Reefs

Sargassum Seaweed

Glossary of Terms

Foredune

The front dune immediately behind the backshore.

Blowout

a depression on the land surface caused by wind erosion.

Buffer Area

A parcel or strip of land that is designed and designated to permanently remain vegetated in an undisturbed and natural condition to protect an adjacent aquatic or wetland site from upland impacts, to provide habitat for wildlife and to afford limited public access.

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).

Bathymetric chart

A topographic map of the bed of the ocean, with depths indicated by contours (isobaths) drawn at regular intervals.

Offshore

The portion of the littoral system that is always submerged.

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