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Sentence Examples Currently, oil and gas development seaward of the continental shelf is unlikely. This formation has been interpreted to represent deposits that accumulated on or immediately seaward of an Early Cambrian shelf. To further add to the jetty's lore a fire broke out in December 1999, destroying a massive 80m section, about 150m from the seaward end. These locations are designated by their distance in kilometers seaward of the dam that marks the upper boundary of tidal influence. Enter the water at its seaward end, drop down and follow the gully out to sea. In recent reports, the Army Corps of Engineers has determined that the seawall is between 150 and 200 feet too far seaward. Blue crab megalopae were concentrated at the surface immediately seaward of the front. Similarly, the seaward boundary was defined as 10 km offshore, with exceptions based on specific circumstances. Lower densities of common eiders were observed seaward of the barrier islands up to 50 km from shore. This old granite house has, as the French say, its feet in the water, which seems to lap against the wide seaward windows. He was on the Thames headed seaward in company with two ponies and a business of ferrets. Foot and archers on their left kept the Turkish mounted bowmen out of range of the cavalry and guarded the baggage on the seaward right. The borehole is located onshore NW Wales, a few kilometres seaward of the surface trace of the Mochras fault. The largest rock, Big Black Carr, can be seen at the seaward extremity of St Abbs Bay, as you look out from the harbour mouth. Large shoals of pollack are often found gathered at the seaward end of the bay. The application before the council proposes a new harbour basin to the seaward side of the existing harbour which would include a berthing quay. He flew into a severe storm, his balloon was wrecked, and he plummeted seaward from the sky. The muddy terrain seaward of the wreck is fertile ground for scallops, dragonets and some of the biggest long-clawed squat lobsters I have seen. This is when the fish leave their reef lairs and congregate by the thousands on traditional spawning banks to the seaward side of the reef. Nearshore, the seaward flanks, in the lee of a SSW-directed alongshore flow, are steeper. Show More Sentences Within the distributary channel the relatively static nature of the saline wedge inhibits seaward bedload transport. Now known as Black Sunday, on that day 300 people were carried seaward in a rip current. The three German seaward embrasured emplacements are partly built into and against the fort. In the winter, the winds reverse and blow in a seaward direction, which is the reason why Indian winters are so dry. The Capricorn Corsair drove through the smooth harbour water before the steady easterly that flowed seaward on summer nights. This is succeeded by plane-bedded sands dipping gently seaward, which are produced by the swash and backwash of the waves on the beach face. Each floor has an oblong chamber with a small room and spiral stair in the wall thickness at the seaward end. The seaward walls of the bund will be lined with a plastic membrane layer to prevent any fines and turbid water moving through the sea wall. The Algerian Admiral Ochiali outmanoeuvring the Genoese Admiral Doria, swept in from seaward with his fleet of sixty galleys and thirty galliots. Those are the reef spurs that point seaward, holding coral heads below the surface. They're the major cause of the 12 000 official rescues each year and probably drag seaward on the order of 25 000 unwilling bathers annually. The side of Kilauea is constantly moving, generally slipping seaward at a rate of about 3 inches a year. Although most of the areas large glaciers now flow seaward more quickly, ice upstream at higher elevations has sped up only modestly, if at all. His eyes drop, and he drifts with the wild ice ticking seaward down the Hudson, like the blank sides of a jigsaw puzzle. Not all the golden sand washed seaward from Oriental Bay is worth the price you pay. The Greeks seeing they were outnumbered hauled in their sail and began to turn the prow of their craft seaward. The ballroom's lofty wood-panelled ceiling and tall seaward windows evoke another more gracious age. Inland movements occurred in the first part of the night whereas seaward movements occurred late at night. The resort has 75 luxury rooms and suites, most of which enjoy westerly, seaward aspects. Many productive commercial fishing areas depend on phytoplankton nurtured by the seaward flow of clearer water, which in turn nurtures the fish. Show More Sentences She began by replacing the small seaward window with a bigger one to better enjoy the splendid view of the Golfo di Salerno. Sites were protected from the largest ocean swells by either small offshore islands or large seaward rock benches. In contrast, at high tide, the steep shingle beach produces plunging breakers against the berm causing the seaward movement of material. Melting glaciers add fresh water to the oceans and speed the seaward movement of ice and an influx of fresh water into the ocean. One of the men positioned the prow of the boat against the seaward ice, revved the engines, and widened the gap to six feet. The tide rose noticeably inch by inch, creeping up the two seaward tires alarmingly, my tires spun ever-deeper holes in the wet sand. These formations are commonly the seaward part of coastal swamplands that eventually develop into deep peat formations. The upper plate moves seaward, and a massive tsunami can be produced along with catastrophic destruction from earthquake shaking. The lateral migration of spits from coastal headlands produces a new coastline seaward of the original mainland coastline. There are some wonderful pinnacles in both groups, with the best diving and healthiest coral to be found on the seaward side of each. The cross-bedded sediments correspond to shoal deposits that developed on top of and seaward of the spit-platform. When the Jubilee River was being planned, the design documents stated that flood relief schemes should always be started at the seaward end. The sediments that produced the beds were deposited in moderately deep waters located a hundred meters seaward of the escarpment. Furthermore, during the same period, council resolved to proceed with the separation of the seaward portion of the jetty from the inshore portion. Beyond the bank on the seaward side is a yard or two of level ground. The air in this bulge then slides over the unexpanded air over the sea resulting in a pressure difference at sea level between the landward and seaward sides of the coast. Rip currents, sometimes called rip tides, can happen when Longshore currents, which move parallel to the beach, bounce seaward because of a change in the bottom's structure. Yet the ballroom's lofty wood-panelled ceiling and tall seaward windows, along with an adjoining dining hall and arcaded veranda, do evoke another more gracious age. If you choose to follow the reef seaward, pick a slack-water period and ensure that you have a good compass bearing for your return, and enough air. The seaward wall, only a screen looking out on the reef, allowed a fresh breeze and the sound of the waves to be our constant companions, lulling us to sleep. Show More Sentences A large white bird appeared low over the seaward shrubby trees. With no natural protection from the sea, apart from a narrow coral reef, the atoll was at the mercy of massive waves that crashed over its 30-metre high seaward cliffs. Behind him a rip flows out to sea from the shoreline, a swath of muddy rippled water filled with black sand churned up by its powerful seaward pull. The coastal villages where the salt makers lived stand on islands or peninsulas of firm ground, with marshes and fens on their inland side and salt marshes on the seaward. It pattered hard against the seaward windows of the hotel and swept into the horde of steam launches that buffeted with the rather boisterous sea. Seaward of the road, the grassy slopes end abruptly in rugged cliffs pounded by waves. In fact, an ancient extinct reef exists half a km seaward of the present one, 30 m below sea level. Slab rollback occurs during the subduction of two tectonic plates, and results in seaward motion of the trench. This water is pushed downward and spreads along the bottom in both the seaward and landward direction. Fresh water floats on top of the seawater in a layer that gradually thins as it moves seaward. The subsided continental crust is marked by normal faults that dip seaward. With divers kinds of Riddance The smoaking Earth is wet, And all aflowe to seaward goe The Torrents wide of Sweat! The sea next to the Cape, and for approximately 3 miles seaward from the coast, is no more than two metres deep. This area is dominated by small accumulations of snowfall which becomes ice and thus eventually seaward glacial flows. When coastal cities or fortresses were besieged from the landward side, the besiegers would often blockade the seaward side as well. During a period of lowest sea level, when the sabkha-like tidal flats prograded farthest seaward, dinosaurs were able to move through the area. How far seaward the Roman settlement extended is unclear owing to the deposits laid down above them during later floods. For mainland areas, storm surge is more of a threat when the storm strikes land from seaward, rather than approaching from landward. As a result, marsh surfaces in this regime may have an extensive cliff at their seaward edge. Seaward of the sand bar there is a wave-washed shelf composed of cobbles and sediment, part of which is exposed subaerially at low tides. Show More Sentences The lithosphere thins seaward as it transitions seaward to oceanic crust. The water level was just below the crest and the seaward slope was weak. Most of the energy is retained in the wave as it returns to seaward. It gives its name to the Channel, which forms its seaward approach. Examples from Classical Literature Through the broken portion of the wall to seaward a man made his appearance. But after about two weeks the wind slackened and shifted a point from the seaward. Then they went seaward to the place where blue jay and the men were boiling. Next we put in to Sendai bay, a commodious anchorage, but very much exposed seaward from its broad and unprotected mouth. A storm of wind and rain was raging, blowing from the starboard or seaward side. Just then the welcome sound of the firing of cannon to seaward reached their ears. He ran down to the ice edge, and gazed eagerly seaward, but nowhere could he see the ice pack. On the 9th they crossed another river, which they supposed to be the one named the coen on the seaward side. For a mile or so from seaward there was a uniform depth of water right up to the bar. His landing strip ran along the seaward edge of the island, from the lab building to the front of the house. The territorial waters of a State extend seaward to the distance of a marine league from the low-water mark of its coast line. The seaward views, especially northward over morecambe Bay, are fine, but the neighbouring country is flat and of little interest. The light on the Ting yuen vanished instantly, Frobisher noticed, and the one to seaward went out immediately afterward. The Pacific basin is deep close to the land bordering it, thus restricting the seaward extension of the continental shelf. They rose quietly, and went so slowly seaward that he didn't have to raise a wind-screen. The fourth is a long one-shot hole in a seaward direction, and the next is pandy. Then, with a stick in one hand, and the handbag which was his sole luggage in the other, he left the station and turned seaward. For what argosy of gin was she straining her old eyes seaward? The wrack had thickened to seaward, and the coast was but a blurred line. One lifted his arm and pointed seaward in the direction of the sea gull. Show More Sentences The man, looking fixedly to seaward, smiled at the ardour of her tone. If they should find the seaward entrance to the cave, he was lost. At last I roused myself from my inaction, and turning seaward walked straight into the water. As if in answer, the ironclad seaward fired a small gun and hoisted a string of flags. Now he mounted to the cupola and looked seaward, straining his eyes to discover if there were a sail upon the horizon. This vapor rose high in the air, and, meeting with a breeze, was wafted seaward, and made to pass over the heads of the hungry mariners. To the seaward lie the Carians, the Paeonian bowmen, the Leleges, the Cauconians, and the noble Pelasgi. On the morning of Wednesday, 16 July 1947, Micmac left the Halifax dockyard to carry out full power trials to seaward of Sambro Light vessel. They were adrift on the ice floe, which was steadily taking them seaward. In the balcony La Signorina reposed in a steamer chair, gazing seaward. They were all stalking seaward, as if to intercept the escape of the multitudinous vessels that were crowded between Foulness and the Naze. Gunner oke shifted his seat again, and threw a nervous glance seaward. I did not wish Maud's spirits to be dampened by such a find, so I turned seaward again with our boat and skirted the north-eastern point of the island. There you would have to lie at single anchor with your naked spars showing to seaward over these barren fragments of land scat tered upon a very intensely blue sea. Find more words! 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