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== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
  
The line delineating the shoreline on Nautical Charts (Sea Maps) approximates this Mean High Water (MHW) line. The shoreline is not easy to identify in nature, in contrast to the [[coastline]], which is based on a clear morphological shift between the shore and the coast.
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The line delineating the shoreline on Nautical Charts (Sea Maps) approximates this Mean High Water (MHW) line.  
  
 
==See also==
 
==See also==
 
For more coastal definitions, see also [[Definitions of coastal terms]].  
 
For more coastal definitions, see also [[Definitions of coastal terms]].  
See also the definition of [[foreshore]] and [[backshore]]
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See also the definition of [[beach face]] and [[backshore]]
  
 
==References==
 
==References==
 
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Revision as of 16:03, 29 March 2021

Definition of Shoreline:
The intersection between the mean high water line and the shore [1].
This is the common definition for Shoreline, other definitions can be discussed in the article


Notes

The line delineating the shoreline on Nautical Charts (Sea Maps) approximates this Mean High Water (MHW) line.

See also

For more coastal definitions, see also Definitions of coastal terms. See also the definition of beach face and backshore

References

  1. CIRIA (1996). Beach management manual. CIRIA Report 153.