Last edited 11 Jun 2021

Wave run-up

Groynes in coastal engineering (CIRIA C793), published by CIRIA in 2020, defines wave run-up and wave run-down as: ‘The upper and lower levels reached by a wave on a beach or coastal structure, relative to still water level.’

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