Sunday, November 6, 2011

Vocabulary Words Quiz 3:

Erosion-accretion cycle - Sandy beaches are dynamic sedimentary systems that naturally experience phases of erosion and accretion

Groynes -  groyne is an active structure extending from shore into sea, most often perpendicularly or slightly obliquely to the shoreline

Re-vegetation - Revegetation is the process of replanting and rebuilding the soil of disturbed land

Sea walls -
Sea Walls is a term used to describe an embankment that prevents the erosion of a shoreline by water

Rock wall - Natural stacked stone veneer wall cladding

Beach nourishment - Beach nourishment is the process of dumping or pumping sand from elsewhere onto an eroding shoreline to create a new beach or to widen the existing beach

Sand bar - Sandbar is sand form erosion deposited offshore

Environmental impact study -
 is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment

Impact assessment -
An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the natural, social and economic aspects.