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Definition|title=Coastal morphology
|definition= The (study of the) shape and structure of coastal systems or subsystems. For example: the morphology of a delta, the morphology of an estuary, the morphology of a beach, the morphology of a bedform.}}



The meaning of the Greek word "morphè" is form or shape. Coastal Wiki articles dealing with aspects of coastal morphology are listed below.


==Morphology of sedimentary open sea coasts== 
:[[Characteristics of sedimentary shores]]
:[[Classification of sandy coastlines]]
:[[Shoreface profile]]
:[[Nearshore sandbars]]
:[[Stability models]]
:[[Rhythmic shoreline features]] 
:[[Beach Cusps]]
:[[Sand ridges in shelf seas]]
:[[Active coastal zone]]
:[[Closure depth]]
:[[Swash zone dynamics]] 
:[[Gravel Beaches]]
:[[Embayed beaches]]
:[[Dune development]]
:[[Process-based morphological models]] 
:[[Behaviour-based models]] 
:[[Littoral drift and shoreline modelling]] 


==Morphology of deltas and estuaries==
:[[Morphology of estuaries]] 
:[[Tidal asymmetry and tidal basin morphodynamics]]
:[[Wave-dominated river deltas]] 
:[[Estuarine morphological modelling]] 
:[[Physical processes and morphology of synchronous estuaries]]
:[[Coastal lagoon]]
:[[Salt marshes]]
:[[Dynamics, threats and management of salt marshes]] 
:[[Mangroves]] 
:[[Siltation in harbors and fairways]]

==Morphology of rocky coasts==
:[[Rocky shore morphology]]
:[[Coral reefs]]