A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of...
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The Alaskan Way Seawall is a seawall which runs for approximately 7,166 feet (2,184 m) along the Elliott Bay waterfront southwest of downtown Seattle from...
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The Galveston Seawall is a seawall in Galveston, Texas, that was built after the Galveston hurricane of 1900 for protection from future hurricanes. Construction...
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The Saemangeum Seawall (Korean: 새만금 방조제), on the south-west coast of the Korean peninsula, is the world's longest man-made dyke, measuring 33 kilometres...
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The seawall in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a stone wall that was constructed around the perimeter of Stanley Park to prevent erosion of the...
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Seawall Boulevard is a major road in Galveston, Texas in the United States. The boulevard is conterminous with Farm to Market Road 3005 south of 61st...
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The Georgetown Seawall Bandstand is an iron bandstand that is situated on the western end of Georgetown Seawall in Guyana. It is one of three bandstands...
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It was constructed on reclaimed land along a three mile long engineered seawall, from which piers extend into the bay. It derives its name from the Spanish...
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Hangzhou Seawall Ruins Museum (Chinese: 杭州海塘遗址博物馆) is an archeological site museum of seawalls located in Hangzhou, China. It is also the first seawall museum...
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Seawall Grill is a restaurant in Galveston, Texas. The family-owned restaurant Miller's Seawall Grill operates in a yellow Victorian house on Seawall...
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Seawall Campground is a campground in Acadia National Park on Mount Desert Island off the coast of Maine. The campground offers four loops of campsites...
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Hotel Galvez (section Seawall)
authority granted by the State of Texas. Construction on the seawall began in February. The seawall was built to seventeen feet in height, flared from a fifteen-foot...
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against the sea by a 2-km-long seawall that sits at a height of 8.5 m above sea level. Whilst there was an early seawall made by the French government...
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South Korea. It was dammed by the government of South Korea's Saemangeum Seawall Project, completed in 2006, after a long fight between the government and...
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Sea Wall, Guyana (redirect from Georgetown Seawall)
The Sea Wall is a 280-mile seawall that runs along much of Guyana's coastline, including all of the coastline in the capital city of Georgetown. It protects...
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The Sea Bright–Monmouth Beach Seawall is a seawall located along the Jersey Shore in the Monmouth County, New Jersey towns of Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach...
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San Francisco, launched the San Francisco Seawall Earthquake Safety and Disaster Prevention Program (Seawall Program). The first landing place on the north-eastern...
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and its profound impacts have prompted the discussion of constructing seawalls and other coastal barriers around the shorelines of the city and the metropolitan...
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Bulkhead (barrier) (category Seawalls)
mines to contain flooding. Coastal bulkheads are most often referred to as seawalls, bulkheading, or riprap revetments. These manmade structures are constructed...
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Retrieved January 2, 2012. Descent Below Visual Glidepath and Impact With Seawall, Asiana Airlines Flight 214, Boeing 777-200ER, HL7742, San Francisco, California...
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descriptions of redirect targets Riprap – Rock or concrete protective armour Seawall – Form of coastal defence Spătaru, A (1990). "Breakwaters for the Protection...
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Sydney Institute of Marine Science (redirect from Living Seawalls)
its biodiversity, by modifying the design of its seawalls. It entails covering parts of the seawalls with specially-designed tiles that mimic natural...
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The East Shore Seawall, also known as Staten Island Multi-Use Elevated Promenade, is a 5.2-mile (8.4 km) long combined seawall and esplanade proposed...
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The Battery is a landmark defensive seawall and promenade in Charleston, South Carolina. Named for a pre-Civil War coastal defense artillery battery originally...
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Coastal Road (Mumbai) (section Seawall)
the road and its interchanges, and 14.5 hectares (0.145 km2) to build a seawall. The remaining 70 hectares (0.70 km2) or about 63.6% of the total reclaimed...
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The Yuri Coast Seawall (由利海岸波除石垣, Yuri kaigan namiyoke ishigaki) is an Edo period seawall against high waves, salt spray, and strong winds on the Sea of...
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flooding in the Netherlands Lava channel Nullah – Steep, narrow valley Seawall – Form of coastal defence Sleeper dike – Dike that backs up a front-line...
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west of the western end of the seawall. Communities in eastern Galveston (the area east of the western end of the seawall) include Havre Lafitte, Offats...
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Mangrove planting and other habitat conservation can reduce coastal flooding. Seawalls to protect against storm surge worsened by sea level rise Green roofs to...
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the seawall. Following Hurricane Alicia, the Corps of Engineers estimated that the seawall prevented about $100 million in damage. Despite the seawall, Ike...
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