Difference between revisions of "Shoreline retreat"

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|definition= Shore erosion causes the shoreline to retreat<ref name="Karsten">Mangor, Karsten. 2004. “Shoreline Management Guidelines”. DHI Water and Environment, 294pp.</ref>.
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|definition= Multi-annual average landward displacement of the high-water line.
 
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Revision as of 11:32, 6 September 2020

Definition of Shoreline retreat:
Multi-annual average landward displacement of the high-water line.
This is the common definition for Shoreline retreat, other definitions can be discussed in the article