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Record 1 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oceanography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

The section of the beach [that is the steepest part of the foreshore] normally exposed to the action of wave uprush.

CONT

Foreshore [is] the same as the beach face where unconsolidated material is present.

OBS

Not synonymous with "shoreface."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Océanographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
DEF

Partie inférieure de l'estran, à pente très faible.

CONT

Sur la plage littorale proprement dite, on distingue : le bas de plage, lissé ou modelé par des levées et des sillons selon les états de la mer; le haut de plage, occupé par des cordons littoraux sapés en gradins de plage.

CONT

Une ligne de flexion à partir de laquelle tout diminue brusquement comme le calibre des sédiments si l'estran est constitué à la fois par des galets et des sables, marque le passage au bas de plage qui est submergé à chaque marée. Sa partie aval montre parfois une alternance de bancs surbaissés et de gouttières ou bâches dans lesquelles subsiste de l'eau à marée basse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Oceanografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
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