As cliffs and sand dunes retreat, the vacated area becomes part of the beach environment and the position of the beach shifts landward.
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Landward
Synonyms for "landward" (13 found)
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Translations
4 translations across 3 languages.
Finnish
1 entries- maanpuoleinen adj (in the direction of the land)
Malay
1 entries- daya adj (in the direction of the land)
Navajo
2 entries- kéyahgóó adj (in the direction of the land)
- kéyahjigo adj (in the direction of the land)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The morning, which had arisen calm and bright, gave a pleasant effect even to the waste moorland view which was seen from the castle on looking to the landward.
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[…] the enclosure in which Bulan resided lay on a landward slope a quarter of a mile from the shore, and so divided from it by lofty trees, that, unless when the inhabitants sought the coast for fishing, they took little heed of what was passing at sea.
Source: wiktionary
Ninefold deep to the top of the dykes the galloping breakers stride, And their overcarried spray is a sea—a sea on the landward side.
Source: wiktionary
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