• The backshore area of a beach extends from the limit of high water foam lines to dunes or extreme inland limit of the beach. It is only affected by waves...
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    the crashing of the waves. The sand is also very well sorted. Backshore The backshore is always above the highest water level point. The berm is also...
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  • Indian Island was connected to the mainland by a broad sand flat and backshore marsh. Indian Island is the location of the Indian Island Naval Reserve...
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  • of being eroded (breached), which will result in the flooding of the backshore areas. The accelerated erosion at this site appears to be direct result...
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    construction of the paved road behind the dunes running the length of the backshore, the beach was primarily used as a path to and from George Island which...
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  • dobro, octave mandola "About Backshore Productions – BACKSHORE PRODUCTIONS". Retrieved 2024-03-30. "The Roke – BACKSHORE PRODUCTIONS". Retrieved 2024-05-10...
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    longshore drift. Some of these are: Geological changes, e.g. erosion, backshore changes and emergence of headlands. Change in hydrodynamic forces, e.g...
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    mark as the supratidal zone or backshore that is only directly attacked by water during storms. Because the backshore is often considerably flatter in...
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    stretch of beach along the shore to the north (known locally as the "backshore"). A wooden bridge was erected over the East Harbor in 1854, only to be...
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  • frontcountry; sparsely populated or uninhabited wilderness. See also bush. backshore The part of a seashore lying inland from the mean high water line, landwards...
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