a

abrasion limit

accretion/erosion wave

agglomerate

alluvium

arctic coasts

b

backshore

backwash

bar

bar-berm

barrier

basal conglomerate

basalt

bay

beach

beach face

bedload

bedrock

berm

berm crest

biogenic coasts

boundary conditions

breaker

breakpoint-bar

c

closure depth

coastal currents

coastal zone

coastline

code

collision coasts

conceptual model

contact load

continental borderland

continental margin

control cell

continental shelf

coral reef coasts

cove

critical mass

critical slope

cryogenic coasts

cutting

d

deterministic model

discharge (flow)

discharge (sediment)

divergence of the drift

drainage basin

drift

e

embayment

entropy

eolian

equilibrium beach

erosion

erosion rate

estuarine

estuary

executable code

f

forcing function

foreshore

g

granite

h

i

ice-push

j

k

l

lagoon

littoral

littoral cell

littoral drift

longshore bar(s)

longshore currents

longshore trough

m

mach-stem effect

marginal sea coasts

Markov process

mean high water (MHW)

mean sea level (MSL)

n

nearshore

nearshore circulation

notch

o

overwash

p/q

paralic

pattern model

platform

plunging cliff

pocket beach

process

process model

r

response

regression

rill erosion

rip channel

rip current

rip feeder channel

rip head

riverine

rock

rollover

runoff

runup

runup level

s

sea cliff

seacoast

sediment budget

sediment flux

sediment rating curve

sediment yield

seismic record

sheet erosion

sheetflow

shore

shoreline

shore platform

shorerise

shorezone

still water level (SWL)

storm bar

storm berm

storm scarp

streamflow

subbottom

subcell

surf

surf base

surf zone

suspended load

swash

synoptic model

swash height

t

terrace

total load

trailing-edge coasts

transform fault

transgression

u

uprush

v

w

washload

washover deposits

wave base

wave climate

wave-cut platform

wave-cut terrace

x/y/z