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| Title: | MIAMI BEACH SHAPE AFTER NOURISHMENT |
| Caption: | Diagrammatic cross section of the Miami Beach nourishment project. The dune and beach berm system provide protection against storm attack. An existing seawall is the thick black line on the left. New beach fill material is in yellow. Orange areas are beach sand that may be eroded and deposited during a storm. A dashed line shows a prestorm profile of the beach. (Courtesy of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers) |
| Keywords: | shorelines, shores, coasts, coastlines, oceans, water, waves, beaches, sediments, erosion, deposition, soft stabilization, longshore transport, beach drift, longshore currents |