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Examples of breakwater
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There was no breakwater, the port was in shambles, but there was an inspiration.
From the courier-journal.com
Galveston County has responsibility for the road on the breakwater, Kessler said.
From the chron.com
The rocks for Dubai's breakwater have been provided by its neighbour Abu Dhabi.
From the economist.com
Spits often form around the breakwater of artificial harbours requiring dredging.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Way offshore, a twinkling breakwater built by the Navy slashed through the bay.
From the latimes.com
Authorities said the hotel owner ignored previous orders to remove the breakwater.
From the usatoday.com
A storm pounds the breakwater and leading light at Aberdeen harbour, January 2008.
From the sciencedaily.com
Provides access to South Bay, outer breakwater, channel near San Mateo Bridge.
From the sfgate.com
You can feel the mist from the surf crashing below on the Vernazza breakwater.
From the sfgate.com
- A protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- Breakwater was a funk and soul American band from Philadelphia, formed in 1971. The band consisted of Gene Robinson, James Gee Jones, Linc 'Love' Gilmore, Steve Green, Vince Garnell, Greg Scott, John 'Dutch' Braddock, and Kae Williams, Jr.
- Breakwater is the debut album by Lennie Gallant, released in 1988 (see 1988 in music).
- Breakwaters are structures constructed on coasts as part of coastal defence or to protect an anchorage from the effects of weather and longshore drift.
- A construction in or around a harbour designed to break the force of the sea and to provide shelter for vessels lying inside; a low bulkhead across the forecastle deck of a ship which diverts water breaking over the bows into the scuppers; On beaches: a wooden or concrete barrier, usually ...
- (Breakwaters) offshore coastal defence structures built of stone parallel to the coastline; they help absorb the energy of breaking waves. Deposition occurs in the calmer water created behind the breakwater.
- A structure built on the forecastle of a ship intended to divert water away from the forward superstructure or gun mounts.
- A structure build to improve a harbor by sheltering it from waves.
- A structure protecting a shore area, harbor, anchorage, or basin from waves.
