Currents, waves, and wind normally transport sediment throughout the littoral system. Armoring of the coast can interfere with littoral transport, which in a natural state may reach a dynamic equilibrium.
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Littoral
//ˈlɪtəɹəl//
Synonyms for "littoral" (88 found)
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44 translations across 20 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- крайбрежен adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- крайбрежие noun (the shore)
Catalan
1 entries- litoral adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Czech
1 entries- litorální adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Dutch
4 entries- kust adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- litoraal adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- kust noun (the shore)
- kustgebied noun (the shore)
Finnish
2 entries- rannikko adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- ranta adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Galician
1 entries- litoral adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Greek
2 entries- παράκτιος adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- ακτή noun (the shore)
Hindi
2 entries- तटवर्ती adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- तटीय adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Hungarian
4 entries- litorális adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- partvidéki adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- tengermelléki adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- tengerparti adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Ido
2 entries- litorala adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- litoro noun (the shore)
Italian
4 entries- litoraneo adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- litorale noun (the shore)
- litoraneo noun (the shore)
- spiaggia noun (the shore)
Latin
1 entries- lītorālis adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Māori
3 entries- matāwhanga adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- ara o Hinekirikiri noun (the shore)
- matāwhanga noun (the shore)
Polish
1 entries- litoralny adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Portuguese
4 entries- litoral adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- litorâneo adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- beira-mar noun (the shore)
- costa noun (the shore)
Russian
2 entries- прибре́жный adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- бе́рег noun (the shore)
Spanish
2 entries- litoral adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- litoral noun (the shore)
Swedish
1 entries- kust adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Turkish
2 entries- kıyısal adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
- sahilsel adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
Ukrainian
1 entries- прибере́жний adj (of or relating to the shore, especially the seashore)
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Speaking at a news conference at the end of the three-hour meeting, Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon said the Arctic coastal, or littoral, states have special responsibilities and must be prepared to meet them.
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The littoral zone is vital for various marine species and provides a beautiful landscape for coastal activities.
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The deep-sea fauna has probably been formed almost entirely from the littoral, not in the remotest antiquity, but only after food derived from the débris of the littoral and terrestrial faunas and floras became abundant.
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