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A tiger shark caught by fishermen and dumped at Cottesloe groyne last summer.
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But groyne construction creates a problem known as Terminal Groyne Syndrome.
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Every island except Juist and Langeoog have big concrete groyne at their western end.
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Almost immediately we located a pod of female dolphins who had gathered around a groyne.
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The terminal groyne prevents longshore drift from bringing material to other nearby places.
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The North Norfolk coast is at right angles to the prevailing tide, acting as a natural groyne.
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Beach nourishment can be used alongside the groyne schemes.
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However, there is a corresponding loss of beach material on the updrift side, requiring that another groyne to be built there.
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However, upon completion the new entrance repeatedly silted up and in 1703 a large storm damaged a groyne which blocked the entrance entirely.
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- Breakwater: a protective structure of stone or concrete; extends from shore into the water to prevent a beach from washing away
- A groyne (groin in the United States) is a rigid hydraulic structure built from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or from a bank (in rivers) that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment. ...
- A (usually wooden) structure that projects from a coastline to prevent erosion, longshore drift etc.; a breakwater
- A wooden wall built across a beach from land to sea. Designed in the 19^th century to stop the removal of sand from beaches becoming popular with new tourists, they became important parts of many coastal protection schemes. ...
- Shore protection structure built perpendicular to the shore, designed to trap sediment.
- A projecting (often wooden) structure to stop sand shifting along a beach.
- Usually a narrow structure of concrete, rock or timber built roughly at right angles to the coast to capture and retain beach material to enable the development of a beach.
- A structure built from the bank of a river in a transverse direction to the current. Its function is to assist in keeping the eroding current away from an affected bank and in so doing to promote deposition of silt and other material along the bank in its vicinity.
- A wooden barrier built out into the sea to stop the longshore drift of sand and shingle, and so cause the beach to grow. It is used to build beaches to protect against cliff erosion and provide an important tourist amenity. ...
