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Beach: Any sand-filled hazard

Keke Beach: A key lime liqueur.

Surf Zone: An area of breaking waves bounded by the point of first breakers, then landward to the maximum uprush of waves on the beach.

Longshore Drift: The movement of sediment along a coastline caused by waves striking the coast at an oblique angle. The waves wash sediment particles up the beach at an oblique angle and the swash back to th . . . View Full Definition

Dune: A mound or ridge of wind-blown sand. Typically found in deserts and inland from a beach. Many dunes are moved by the wind.

Swash: The landward rush of water from a breaking wave up the slope of the beach.

Intrusive Schwa: In linguistics, the addition of a schwa sound where historically it has no etymological basis. For instance Algeo notes that some dialects add a schwa sound between the and in the na . . . View Full Definition

Magic Realism: In 1925, Franz Roh first applied the term 'magic realism' (magischer Realismus in German) to a group of neue Saqchlichkeit painters in Munich (Cuddon 531). These painters blended realistic, . . . View Full Definition

Bar (Stream): An accumulation of sediment, usually sandy, which forms at the borders or in the channels of streams or offshore from a beach.

Daytona Bike Week: A motorcycle event and rally held annually in Daytona Beach, Florida. Approximately 500,000 people make their way to the rally area for the 10-day event. The festivities include motorcycle r . . . View Full Definition