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  2. Breakwater (structure) - Wikipedia

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    Rock or concrete armour units on the outside of the structure absorb most of the energy, while gravels or sands prevent the wave energy's continuing through the breakwater core. The slopes of the revetment are typically between 1:1 and 1:2, depending upon the materials used. In shallow water, revetment breakwaters are usually relatively ...

  3. Jetty - Wikipedia

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    North Jetty on the left and South Jetty on the right at the mouth of Sebastian Inlet in Florida from the Indian River to the Atlantic Ocean.. Jetties have been constructed on each side of the outlet river of some of the rivers flowing into the Baltic, with the objective of prolonging the scour of the river and protecting the channel from being shoaled by the littoral drift along the shore.

  4. Mole (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A mole is a massive structure, usually of stone, used as a pier, breakwater, or a causeway separating two bodies of water. A mole may have a wooden structure built on top of it that resembles a wooden pier. The defining feature of a mole, however, is that water cannot freely flow underneath it, unlike a true pier.

  5. What is a jetty? What is a jon boat? - AOL

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    What is a jetty? Jetties are rock structures that provide a protected passage into and out of the ocean. Designed to reduce the waves coming into an inlet, jetties stick out into the ocean, like ...

  6. Chesapeake Bay impact crater - Wikipedia

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    The sedimentary walls of the crater progressively slumped in, widened the crater, and formed a layer of huge blocks on the floor of the ring-like trough. The slump blocks were then covered with the rubble or breccia. The entire bolide event, from initial impact to the termination of breccia deposition, lasted only a few hours or days.

  7. Rocas Alijos - Wikipedia

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    overview map with detail inset Rocas Alijos from the East (South Rock to the left) Rocas Alijos - South Rock (left) and Middle Rock Rocas Alijos , or Escollos Alijos (English: Alijos Rocks ) are a series of tiny, steep, uninhabited, and barren volcanic islets or above-water (as well as below-water) rocks in the Pacific Ocean at 24°57′31″N ...

  8. Yonaguni Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Yonaguni Monument (Japanese: 与那国島海底地形, Hepburn: Yonaguni-jima Kaitei Chikei, lit. ' Yonaguni Island Submarine Topography '), also known as the Yonaguni (Island) Submarine Ruins (与那国(島)海底遺跡, Yonaguni(-jima) Kaitei Iseki), is a submerged rock formation off the coast of Yonaguni, the southernmost of the Ryukyu Islands, in Japan.

  9. Siuslaw jetties - Wikipedia

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    Entrance to the Siuslaw River Siuslaw River, south jetty Siusla River, north jetty Siuslaw jetties at low tide, July 31, 2022.. The Siuslaw jetties (/ s aɪ ˈ j uː s l ɔː / sy-YOO-slaw) [1] at Florence, Oregon, in the United States, are parallel rubble-mound structures at the entrance of the Siuslaw River, bounding the north and south banks and protecting the navigation channel.