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1099:Shell beach
1064:Beach wrack
1059:Beach ridge
1049:Beach cusps
998:Tied island
988:Tidal marsh
711:Archipelago
378:Great capes
289:islands or
213:semi-circle
170:and blocks
53:The bay of
41:The bay at
1513:Categories
1408:Grain size
1382:Submersion
1359:Management
1344:Wind fetch
1304:Surf break
1222:Flat coast
1152:regressive
938:Salt marsh
796:Coral reef
648:2023-08-09
526:2017-12-30
405:References
335:, and the
310:Vyborg Bay
202:Definition
149:Hudson Bay
1367:Accretion
1349:Wind wave
1309:Surf zone
1164:Processes
1137:Mouth bar
1094:Recession
1074:Beachrock
993:Tide pool
923:Peninsula
811:cliff-top
698:Landforms
579:0002-7316
496:March 21,
466:March 21,
433:March 21,
360:headlands
300:Formation
263:peninsula
253:headlands
192:anchorage
184:fisheries
145:James Bay
119:embayment
1498:Category
1324:Undertow
1277:Sea foam
1272:Sea cave
1172:Blowhole
1014:Windwatt
873:Headland
721:Avulsion
490:Archived
460:Archived
427:Archived
366:See also
348:glaciers
273:channels
259:Enclosed
217:diameter
1448:shingle
1428:granule
1413:boulder
1391:Related
1287:peresyp
1197:Current
1132:Debouch
1041:Beaches
1008:Waituna
1003:Tombolo
913:Mudflat
908:Machair
898:Isthmus
818:Estuary
761:Channel
344:erosion
325:Pangaea
312:on the
287:barrier
277:islands
176:beaches
133:estuary
70:coastal
55:Baracoa
1438:pebble
1433:gravel
1423:cobble
968:Strait
948:Skerry
903:Lagoon
888:Island
843:Fundus
746:Bodden
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215:whose
1319:Swash
1282:Shoal
963:Stack
953:Sound
943:Shoal
893:Islet
878:Inlet
868:Hapua
833:Fjord
828:Fjard
823:Firth
771:Coast
766:Cliff
741:Bight
716:Atoll
482:"bay"
385:Notes
352:fjord
291:spits
241:Spain
227:Types
221:bight
196:ports
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