Beach wrack or marine wrack is organic material (e.g. kelp, seagrass, driftwood) and other debris deposited at high tide on beaches and other coastal...
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of seaweed beach wrack, organic material deposited at high tide on beaches. Wrack, a novel by James Bradley (Australian writer) Charlie Wrack (1899–1979)...
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removing wrack from beaches can harm the environment, the presence of excessive wrack can threaten beach goers' health. Collections of wrack decompose...
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been washed onto a shore or beach of a sea, lake, or river by the action of winds, tides or waves. It is part of beach wrack. In some waterfront areas,...
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A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as...
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ocean, groynes create beaches, prevent beach erosion caused by longshore drift where this is the dominant process and facilitate beach nourishment. There...
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Marine wrack may refer to: wrack (seaweed), several species of seaweed beach wrack, organic material deposited at high tide on beaches. This disambiguation...
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generally to any seaweeds or seagrasses that wash up on beaches and may accumulate in the wrack zone. It consists largely of species of Fucus — brown seaweeds...
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Beach nourishment (also referred to as beach renourishment, beach replenishment, or sand replenishment) describes a process by which sediment, usually...
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States, extending hundreds of yards offshore at the low tide. The line of Wrack (seaweed) and seashells in the foreground indicates the high-water mark...
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