Assertion: breakwater | /r/HasProperty | shore protection structures
Facets:
value: over the beach
type: LOCATION
value: into the shoreface
type: LOCATION
Source sentences:
text: Groynes are shore protection structures, placed at equal intervals along the coastline in order to stop coastal erosion and generally cross the intertidal zone.
text: A groyne is a shore protection structure built perpendicular to the shoreline of the coast (or river), over the beach and into the shoreface (the area between the nearshore region and the inner continental shelf), to reduce longshore drift and trap sediments.