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backshore: see beach beach, a gently sloping zone where deposits of unconsolidated sediments are subject to wave action at the shore of an ocean or lake. Most of the sediment making up a beach is supplied by rivers or by the erosion of highlands adjacent to the coast.
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backshore [′bak‚shȯr]

(geology)

The upper shore zone that is beyond the advance of the usual waves and tides. Also known as back beach; backshore beach.

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