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367:Ligurian Sea
358:North Africa
297:Exmouth Gulf
154:Saudi Arabia
150:Persian Gulf
125:Argolic Gulf
107:Arctic Ocean
59:Gulf of Aden
53:
17:
15:
1735:River plume
1549:Steep coast
1522:Rocky shore
1517:Rip current
1397:River delta
1369:Wash margin
1364:Storm beach
1354:Shell beach
1319:Beach wrack
1314:Beach ridge
1304:Beach cusps
1253:Tied island
1243:Tidal marsh
966:Archipelago
683:Philippines
557:Malian Gulf
551:Nova Scotia
512:Philippines
493:Philippines
484:Arabian Sea
469:Arabian Sea
410:New Zealand
337:El Salvador
133:Peloponnese
44:Arabian Sea
26:is a large
1768:Categories
1663:Grain size
1637:Submersion
1614:Management
1599:Wind fetch
1559:Surf break
1477:Flat coast
1407:regressive
1193:Salt marsh
1051:Coral reef
861:References
769:Suez Canal
692:Baltic Sea
679:Ragay Gulf
641:Panay Gulf
593:Costa Rica
498:Leyte Gulf
459:Aegean Sea
348:, gulf on
328:Baltic Sea
314:California
299:, gulf in
287:Davao City
283:Davao Gulf
189:Baltic Sea
161:, between
129:Aegean Sea
94:Ionian Sea
81:Albay Gulf
1622:Accretion
1604:Wind wave
1564:Surf zone
1419:Processes
1392:Mouth bar
1349:Recession
1329:Beachrock
1248:Tide pool
1178:Peninsula
1066:cliff-top
953:Landforms
851:Moro Gulf
825:Black Sea
655:Venezuela
566:Sri Lanka
527:in France
514:, in the
440:close to
427:Guatemala
404:, of the
341:Nicaragua
206:Black Sea
127:, of the
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92:, of the
70:, in the
24:geography
1753:Category
1579:Undertow
1532:Sea foam
1527:Sea cave
1427:Blowhole
1269:Windwatt
1128:Headland
976:Avulsion
842:Slovenia
829:Bulgaria
793:Thailand
784:Sakhalin
662:between
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584:Brittany
525:Provence
431:Honduras
421:between
291:Mindanao
278:Scotland
227:Portugal
210:Bulgaria
191:between
135:, Greece
1703:shingle
1683:granule
1668:boulder
1646:Related
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1452:Current
1387:Debouch
1296:Beaches
1263:Waituna
1258:Tombolo
1168:Mudflat
1163:Machair
1153:Isthmus
1073:Estuary
1016:Channel
888:two ...
846:Croatia
816:Tunisia
806:Vietnam
765:Red Sea
750:, near
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417:in the
395:Tunisia
350:Tunisia
326:in the
324:Estonia
197:Finland
176:Nunavut
120:Red Sea
1693:pebble
1688:gravel
1678:cobble
1223:Strait
1203:Skerry
1158:Lagoon
1143:Island
1098:Fundus
1001:Bodden
636:Panama
549:, and
541:, and
510:, the
429:, and
423:Belize
356:, off
236:Mexico
193:Sweden
180:Canada
163:France
111:Canada
98:Greece
76:Alaska
1774:Gulfs
1574:Swash
1537:Shoal
1218:Stack
1208:Sound
1198:Shoal
1148:Islet
1133:Inlet
1123:Hapua
1088:Fjord
1083:Fjard
1078:Firth
1026:Coast
1021:Cliff
996:Bight
971:Atoll
908:Gulfs
838:Italy
742:Libya
591:, in
535:Maine
508:Luzon
377:Haiti
285:, in
252:, in
223:Spain
174:, in
167:Spain
85:Luzon
32:ocean
1708:silt
1698:sand
1673:clay
1402:mega
1213:Spit
1183:Reef
1113:Gulf
1061:Dune
1056:Cove
1011:Cape
981:Ayre
844:and
664:Iran
653:and
616:Iran
575:Cuba
263:Cuba
225:and
195:and
165:and
50:List
19:gulf
1188:Ria
1118:Gut
1108:Geo
1103:Gat
991:Bay
408:of
42:or
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