Definition of beach profile

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beach profile

The term 'beach profile' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' a cross-section taken perpendicular to a given beach contour; the profile may include the face of a dune or sea wall, extend over the backshore, across the foreshore, and seaward underwater into the nearshore zone'.

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