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688:Beach ridge
678:Beach cusps
627:Tied island
617:Tidal marsh
340:Archipelago
240:, Australia
211:Kanyakumari
199:West Bengal
1202:Categories
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1037:Grain size
1011:Submersion
988:Management
973:Wind fetch
933:Surf break
851:Flat coast
781:regressive
567:Salt marsh
425:Coral reef
260:References
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793:Processes
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723:Recession
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622:Tide pool
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327:Landforms
144:fall line
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1127:Category
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906:Sea foam
901:Sea cave
801:Blowhole
643:Windwatt
502:Headland
350:Avulsion
217:See also
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1042:boulder
1020:Related
916:peresyp
826:Current
761:Debouch
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637:Waituna
632:Tombolo
542:Mudflat
537:Machair
527:Isthmus
447:Estuary
390:Channel
170:to the
99:scholar
1067:pebble
1062:gravel
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507:Inlet
497:Hapua
462:Fjord
457:Fjard
452:Firth
400:Coast
395:Cliff
370:Bight
345:Atoll
106:JSTOR
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