Offshore

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-019408",
  "term": "Offshore",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. In beach terminology, the comparatively flat zone of variable width, extending from the shoreface to the edge of the continental shelf. It is continually submerged.\n\n2. Seaward of the terrestrial borders of the United States, including waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, as well as adjacent bays, lakes or other normally standing waters, and extending to the outer boundaries of the jurisdiction and control of the United States under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act.",
  "references": [
    "NOAA Coastal Services Center Glossary of Coastal Terminology",
    "40 CFR 98.238 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/offshore/"
}