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Mailing Address:

Coastal Zone Management Unit

Warrens Towers 2

Warrens

St.Michael

Barbados

Telephone: (246) 535-5700

Fax: (246) 535-5741

Email: info@coastal.gov.bb

Glossary of Terms

Offshore Breakwater

A breakwater built towards the seaward limit of the littoral zone, parallel (or nearly parallel) to the shore.

Survey, photogrammetric

A survey in which monuments are placed at points that have been determined photogrammetrically.

Beach Face

The section of the beach normally exposed to the action of the wave uprush. Also referred to as the foreshore of a beach.

Storm Surge

A temporary rise in sea level associated with a storm's low barometric pressure and onshore winds.

Zooxanthellae

Unicellular, symbiotic algae living within coral polyps that produce food for their hosts by photosynthesis and help efficiently recycle low-levels of nutrients.

Runup, rundown

The upper and lower levels reached by a wave on a beach or coastal structure, relative to still-water level.

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