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Coastal Erosion

Term · Environment · MLC-T-ENV-005429

The wearing away of land or the removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, or drainage. A combination of episodic inundation events and relative sea level rise will serve to accelerate coastal erosion.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ENV-005429
FieldEnvironment
ReferencesNOAA Coastal Inundation Toolkit Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-005429",
  "term": "Coastal Erosion",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "The wearing away of land or the removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, or drainage. A combination of episodic inundation events and relative sea level rise will serve to accelerate coastal erosion.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coastal Inundation Toolkit Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/coastal-erosion/"
}

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