Beach Ridge

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-002916",
  "term": "Beach Ridge",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "A low, essentially continuous mound of beach (or beach-and-dune material) heaped up by the action of waves and currents on the backshore of a beach, beyond the present limit of storm waves or the reach of ordinary tides. The ridge can occur singly or as one of a series of approximately parallel deposits. The ridges are roughly parallel to the shoreline and represent successive positions of an advancing shoreline.",
  "references": [
    "Federal Geographic Data Committee Coastal and Marine Ecological Classification Standard, June 2012 FGDC-STD-018-2012"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/beach-ridge/"
}