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seawall

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seawall: see coast protection coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the beach and the inevitable losses caused by wave erosion.
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seawall [′sē‚wȯl]
(civil engineering)
A concrete, stone, or metal wall or embankment constructed along a shore to reduce wave erosion and encroachment by the sea. Also known as sea bank.
(geology)
A steep-faced, long embankment situated by powerful storm waves along a seacoast at high-water mark.
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1412: The seawall at the Zuider Zee dyke broke, flooding 72 villages and killing 10,000 people in the Netherlands.
Happened this day by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
Some youngsters have written messages on the stone steps at the top of the pier, near the seawall where the boy, believed to be a pupil at Porthcawl Comprehensive, was swept into the sea.
Body is found in search for schoolboy by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
I caught a few mullet and fished off his seawall with them.
As Ms. Bucketmouth perches on disaster ... young angler saves the ... by Moyher, Tyler / Florida Sportsman
 
 
 
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