Downstream

Along coasts with obliquely approaching waves there is a longshore (wave-driven) current.

Glossary of Terms

A beach, usually small, in a coastal reentrant or between two littoral barriers (often rocky headlands).

The region where a river meets the marine environment. It is characterized by variable salinity and often by high biological productivity.

Algal Bloom

A sudden increase in the amount of marine algae (seaweed) often caused by high levels of phosphates, nitrates, and other nutrients in the nearshore area.

Foreshore

The seaward sloping portion of the beach within the normal range of tides.

Marsh

A track of soft wet land, usually vegetated by reeds, grasses and occasionally small shrubs.

Soft, wet area periodically or continuously flooded to a shollow depth, usually characterised by a particular subclass of grasses, cattails and other low plants.

Littoral Zone

In beach terminology, an indefinite zone extending seaward from the shoreline to just beyond the breaker zone.

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