Key+terms

​Key terminology

​ Coastal Dunes || the deposits of wind blown sand that accumulate behind a beach ||
 * Coastal Environments || an environment which extends as far inland as salt water, sea spray and sand reach and into the ocean as far as the waves and currents are able to move material on the sea bed ||
 * Coastal Resources || the natural and cultural resources of the coastal environment ||
 * Coastal sediment budget || the amount of sediment available for beach construction. It is determined by deducting sediment outputs from sediment inputs ||
 * Coastline || the boundary between the land and the sea. The coastline's landward limit is normally determined by the reach of storm waves ||
 * Constructive Waves || flat waves with low levels of energy that bring sediment from offshore stores onto the coastline ||
 * Currents ||  ||
 * Destructive Waves ||  ||
 * Emergence ||  ||
 * Foredune ||  ||
 * Foreshore ||  ||
 * Groyne ||  ||
 * Longshore drift ||  ||
 * Sea Wall ||  ||
 * Sediment ||  ||
 * Submergence ||  ||
 * Swash ||  ||
 * Swell ||  ||
 * Tides ||  ||
 * Waves ||  ||
 * Erosion ||  ||
 * Weathering ||  ||
 * Tombolo ||  ||
 * Spit ||  ||
 * Wave refraction ||  ||
 * Wave reflection || Occurs when a wave encounters an even coastline and bouces back in the same direction it came from ||