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raised beach

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raised beach [′rāzd ′bēch]
(geology)
An ancient beach raised to a level above the present shoreline by uplift or by lowering of the sea level; often bounded by inland cliffs.


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On the mainland, low earthy cliffs glow red beneath grassy fields on a raised beach beneath an old cliff line of gorse, bracken and sloe.
I watched one probing around a rocky raised beach at Cape Rhir, in Morocco, only a few short weeks ago - I wondered momentarily if that bird was among the flock I watched on the mosses, as lapwings tumbled overhead and whitethroats sang from blooming hawthorns nearby.
 
 
 
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