Bay A recess in the shore or an inlet of a sea between two capes or headlands, not as large as a gulf but larger than a cove. The carrying away of beach materials by wave action, tidal currents, littoral currents or wind. The section of the beach normally exposed to the action of wave uprush. The foreshore of a beach. In a barrier beach system, the relatively flat, sandy area between the berm crest and the dunes formed by the deposit of material by wave action.
Some beaches have no berm, others have one or several.
The seaward limit of a berm. Breakwater A linear, floating or mound-like coastal engineering structure constructed offshore parallel to the shoreline to proteft a shoreline, harbor or anchorage from storm waves. Bypassing Sand Hydraulic or mechanical movement of sand, from an area of accretion to a downdrift area of erosion, across a barrier to natural sand transport such as an inlet or harbor entrance. The hydraulic movement may include natural movement as well as movement caused by man.