Look up: Backshore


  1. Backshore
    (1) The upper part of the active BEACH above the normal reach of the tides (high water), but affected by large waves occurring during a high. (2) (SMP) The accretion or erosion zone, located landward of ordinary high tide, which is normally wetted only by storm tides.
    Found op http://www.ecy.wa.gov/programs/sea/swces/products/glossary.htm

  2. Backshore
    The area of a beach between normal high tide level and the highest point reached by marine action such as storm waves.
    Found op http://www.quartznall.co.uk/azhealthguide.htm

  3. backshore
    (from the article `coastal landforms`) ...profile typically can be divided into two distinct parts: (1) the seaward and relatively steep sloping foreshore, which is essentially the ...
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/b/4

  4. Backshore
    Area behind the shore. This coastal feature is located between the beach berm and the backshore slope.
    Found op http://www.physicalgeography.net/physgeoglos/b.html

  5. backshore
    backshore: see beach.
    Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A0910592.html

  6. Backshore
    The backshore area of a beach extending from the limit of high water foam lines to dunes or extreme inland limit of the beach. It is only affected by waves during exceptional high tides or severe storms. ...
    Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backshore

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