Definition of Overwash. Meaning of Overwash. Synonyms of Overwash

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Definition of Overwash

Overwash
Overwash O`ver*wash", v. t. To overflow. --Holinshed.

Meaning of Overwash from wikipedia

- Overwash is the flow of water and sediment over a coastal dune or beach crest during storm events (or other situations with high water). 'Overwash' may...
- reference to barrier islands, overwash, and washover deposits since the 1970s. The concept basically states that overwash processes were effective in migration...
- Ocean beaches are habitats with organisms adapted to salt spray, tidal overwash, and shifting sands. Some of these organisms are found only on beaches...
- the identification of deposits left by storms. Most commonly, these are overwash deposits in waterbodies close to the coast; other means are oxygen isotope...
- August 25, 2019. Retrieved August 25, 2019. "Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll". www.usgs.gov. March 2014. Retrieved August 25, 2019...
- sediment may be occasionally be deposited in a lagoon when storm waves overwash barrier islands. Mangroves and marsh plants can facilitate the ac****ulation...
- Beach erosion and wave overwash in Harvey Cedars, New Jersey...
- discharge from rivers by a wave, current, and wind action into beaches, overwash flats, and dunes, engulfment of mainland beach ridges (ridges developed...
- data such as overwash deposits, beach ridges and historical do****ents such as diaries. Major tropical cyclones leave traces in overwash records and s****...
- usually run all the way up to the dune in waves during a minor flood. Overwash may occur on s****line roads. Li****uard structures and beach concession...