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coastal erosion

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meanings of coastaland erosion


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coastal
adjective
uk /ˈkəʊ.stəl/ us /ˈkoʊ.stəl/
positioned on, or relating to ...
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erosion
noun[U]
uk /ɪˈrəʊ.ʒən/ us /ɪˈroʊ.ʒən/
the fact of soil, stone, etc. being gradually damaged and removed by the waves, rain, ...
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Examples of coastal erosion


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Chapter two discusses delivery of land-derived organic carbon from rivers, coastalerosion, ice rafting, and winds.
Indeed, cities become active geological agents, destabilizing natural conditions and affecting flooding, subsidence, landslides, groundwater flow, subsurface contamination, soil expansion, and river and coastalerosion.
Coastalerosion accompanying thermal subsidence forms extensive surfaces of marine planation upon which re-worked clastics plus fresh first-cycle basement-derived sediment is deposited.
We plan to reduce the impact of coastalerosion by investing in coastal defences in the highest risk areas.
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However, all have to cope with the consequences of global warming and are on the front line in the battle to prevent coastalerosion.
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I know that he has raised it because sand dunes and sand dune stability are an important part of preventing coastalerosion.
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The reason for the change in the lights, and the expense which that has involved, is because of coastalerosion.
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As a result, coastalerosion threatens towns, villages and industry, as well as natural wetlands.
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Apart from those who collect it, the species suffers from destruction of its feed plant by coastalerosion, from which we have suffered considerably.
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If the advice demonstrates unavoidable risk of coastalerosion, the application will be rejected without further consideration.
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I fully understand that coastalerosion, with the associated loss of land and property, is a highly emotional subject.
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Another potential environmental benefit of wave and tidal power is that it could help to combat coastalerosion.
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I have encouraged those operating authorities to consider action for areas of the country at highest risk from flooding and coastalerosion.
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No estimates have been made of the cost of the effects of coastalerosion for each of the last seven years.
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There is no intended bias against coastalerosion schemes in the new system.
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The environmental problems include habitat destruction, water contamination, coastalerosion and resource depletion and these are all very serious.
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I am delighted to have secured a debate on the impact of coastalerosion, saltwater and flooding on bird reserves and wetlands.
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Natural events such as coastalerosion can never be entirely prevented.
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This is the clause which subjects the accounts kept by all boroughs in respect of coastalerosion to district audit.
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