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shingle ridge

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shingle ridge [′shiŋ·gəl ‚rij]
(geology)
A steeply sloping bank of shingle heaped upon and parallel with the shore.


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The tidal bank there is now nothing but a shingle ridge and the big tides surge over it every time.
In a letter to Defra written to accompany the demonstration, protesters said: "We, the people of Walberswick, are sending out an SOS to this Government and calling on Defra to save our shingle ridge, save our marshes and save our community by reversing its recent decisions to retreat and let the sea in all around us.
After a quick stop to administer an off-road extraction to a local Berber woman, he led us to an area where one of these stately birds walked slowly across a high plain, glancing contemptuously at us before it disappeared over a shingle ridge.
 
 
 
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