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features > physiographic features > beach features > beach berms

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Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

beach berms  

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  • Information A beach berm is a nearly horizontal shore parallel ridge formed on the beach due to the landward transport of the coarsest fraction of the beach material by the wave uprush (swash).

    Source: http://www.coastalwiki.org/wiki/Beach_berm

    Created: 12/14/21

     (en)
  • Information Partie en faible pente d'un haut de plage.

    Created: 1/25/24

     (fr)

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    Created: 2019-09-04T12:02:37

    berms (en)

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