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Definition of Groyne

Groyne
Groyne Groyne, n. [Obs.] See Groin.

Meaning of Groyne from wikipedia

- A groyne (in the U.S. groin) is a rigid hydraulic structure built perpendicularly from an ocean s**** (in coastal engineering) or a river bank, interrupting...
- also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and muni****lity in Galicia, Spain. It is Galicia's second largest...
- "headland breakwater", "headland groyne", "bulkhead groyne" or "bulkhead breakwater". Use of groynes and headland groyne, ac****ulates the sand across the...
- because of the beach enhancement. Groyne construction creates a problem known as terminal groyne syndrome. The terminal groyne prevents longs**** drift from...
- Joanne. "South Shields' Herd Groyne lighthouse is shipshape after facelift". The Journal. Retrieved 11 December 2018. "Herd Groyne Lighthouse, River Tyne"...
- Breachway Breakwater Cliff stabilization Dolos Flood wall Floodgate Gabion Groyne Jetty Levee Hard engineering Honeycomb sea wall Hudson's equation KOLOS...
- Bincleaves Groyne is a breakwater located off the southern area of Weymouth, England. It is the second largest of four breakwaters which create Portland...
- of sediment sources. The intervention of humans, e.g. cliff protection, groynes, detached breakwaters. The sediment budget takes into consideration sediment...
- the Southern Provincial Council built a groyne system to protect the bridge from the wave attack. Another groyne was built in 2005 to control the erosion...
- coastal road. In May 1972 the Government of Queensland built a groyne, now called "big groyne", extending Kirra Point, to trap sand on Coolangatta beach to...