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The interface where the land meets the ocean, encompassing shoreline environments as well as adjacent coastalwaters. Its components can include river deltas, coastal plains, wetlands, beaches and dunes, reefs, mangrove forests, lagoons, othercoastal features |
Coastal Zone
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Water which rushes up the beach after a wave breaks. Picks up sand and other materials. |
Swash
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Water from a wave returns down from the beach to the sea. Can be be destructive or constructive. |
Backwash
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