Current, Littoral

Any current in the littoral zone caused primarily by wave action; e.g., longshore current, rip current.

Glossary of Terms

Rubble mound of single-sized stones with a crest at or below sea level which is allowed to be (re)shaped by the waves.

Sediment transport down the beach (parallel to the shoreline) caused by longshore currents and/or waves approaching obliquely to the shoreline.

Mangrove Forest

A community of salt-tolerant trees and shrubs, with many other associated organisms, that grows on some tropical and sub-tropical coasts in a zone roughly coinciding with the intertidal zone.

Propogation of waves

The transmission of waves through water.

Foredune

The front dune immediately behind the backshore.

Coastal Upland

The low-lying area landward of the beach that sometimes contains unconsolidated sediments.

The coastal upland is bounded by the hinterland (the higher-elevation areas dominated by bedrock and steeper slopes).

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Current, Littoral