Jetty

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-015078",
  "term": "Jetty",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A wall or other barrier built out into a body of water to shelter a harbor, protect a shoreline from erosion and/or redirect water currents.\n\n2. An engineering structure built at the mouth of a river or tidal inlet to help stabilize a channel for navigation; designed to prevent shoaling of a channel by littoral materials and to direct and confine the stream or tidal flow.\n\n3. Wall or other barrier built out into a body of water to shelter a harbor, protect a shoreline from erosion and/or redirect water currents.\n\n4. Engineering structure built at the mouth of a river or tidal inlet to help stabilize a channel for navigation; designed to prevent shoaling of a channel by littoral materials and to direct and confine the stream or tidal flow. .",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Chesapeake Bay Glossary",
    "Coastal Sensitivity to Sea-level Rise Glossary and Acronyms",
    "Coastal Sensitivity Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/jetty/"
}