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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No references found			The tidal bank there is now nothing but a shingle ridge and the big tides surge over it every time. Climate Change Leaves Birds Homeless by Mark Smalls / News, opinion and commentary community 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. Villagers stage 'save our shoreline' protest; BRITAIN by Daily Post (Liverpool, England) 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. John Dempsey; country on country matters.. by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)			shin shin splints Shina Shinab Shinakan Shinano Shinano River Shinar Shinbutsu shugo Shinbyu shinden-zukuri Shindo Kaneto shine Shine Tidelands State Park shiner Shingarev, Andrei Shingarev, Andrei Ivanovich Shingishu Shingle shingle backer shingle barchan shingle beach shingle lap shingle nail shingle rampart shingle ridge shingle ridge finish shingle stain shingle structure Shingle style shingle tile shingle-block structure shingles shinglewood shingling shingling hatchet Shingon Shining Flower-Beetles Shining Path Shinju Matsuri Festival Shinkuba, Bagrat Shinkuba, Bagrat Vasilevich Shinn, Everett Shinnecock Powwow Shinnen Tagaya Shinnihon Bungakukai Shinran Shinran-Shonin Day Shinto shinty Shio Aragvispireli			shined Shinedown shiner shiner shiners shiners shines shines shines shines shines through shines through Shiness Shingarev, Andrei Shingarev, Andrei Ivanovich Shingishu Shingishu shingle shingle shingle shingle shingle backer shingle barchan Shingle beach Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission shingle lap Shingle Lap Extendible Exit Cone shingle nail shingle oak shingle rampart shingle ridge shingle ridge finish Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians shingle stain shingle structure Shingle style Shingle Theory shingle tick shingle tile shingle tree shingle-block structure shingled shingled shingler shingler shingles shingles shingles Shingles Support Society shinglewood shinglewood shingling shingling Shingling hammer shingling hatchet shingling hatchet Shingling mill shingly shingly Shingon Shingon

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