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COASTS

Terms associated with the coast:


Coastline: the line where the land and sea meet.
Coast: a zone or strip of land extending from the coastline, which birders the
sea, to where the land rises inland.
Wave: an oscillatory movement of water caused by the friction of the wind
along the surface of the water.
Beach profile: intersection of a beachs ground surface with a vertical plane
perpendicular to the shoreline.

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