Beach face
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Definition of Beach face:
Beach zone from the low-water line to the limit of maximum wave uprush (or the beach berm). Also called 'foreshore'. [1].
This is the common definition for Beach face, other definitions can be discussed in the article
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The beach face is the part of the beach that is wet due to the varying tide and swash under normal conditions. This means that the beach face in morphological terms extends further up on the beach than the intersection between the mean high water (MHW) and the coastal profile (MHW line). However, for practical reasons the upper delineation of the beach face is often defined as the intersection between the MHW line and the coastal profile, which is identical to the definition of the shoreline.
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References
- ↑ USACE 2008. Coastal Engineering Manual. Part IV, Ch. 1. Coastal terminology. https://www.publications.usace.army.mil/USACE-Publications/Engineer-Manuals/u43544q/636F617374616C20656E67696E656572696E67206D616E75616C/
