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Definition of Backshore
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Backshore
Literary usage of Backshore
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Large Scale Coastal Behavior (1993) edited by J. H. List (1995)
"... mid backshore, far backshore, and coastal aeolian sands. The relative high
sample number in this study (a few thousand) allowed abandonment of the ..."
2. Shore Processes and Shoreline Development by Douglas Wilson Johnson (1919)
"... backshore terraces often have a faint landward slope on their upper surfaces.
This is due to the fact that overwash from the highest ..."
3. Engineering Geology Applied to the Design and Operation of Underground Coal by C. Richard Dunrud (2000)
"... cross stratification, roots, and coal beds in the tidal flat and marsh-washover
and washover facies, to (d) cross-stratified backshore dune sandstones ..."
4. Military Geography for Professionals and the Public by John M. Collins (2000)
"... water level (variable) Low-water to high-water beach gradient backshore •
Beach width at high water (minimum), (normally dry) Berm Crest / / I/ Limit of ..."
5. From Conflict to Negotiation: Nature-Based Development on South Africa's by Robin Palmer, Hermann Timmermans, Derick Fay (2002)
"The estuaries or temporal backshore lagoons associated with these rivers are
important nursery areas for many kinds of juvenile marine fish. ..."
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