overwash

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(1) The part of the UPRUSH that runs over the crest of a BERM or structure and does not flow directly back to the ocean or lake (2) The effect of waves overtopping a COASTAL DEFENSE, often carrying sediment landwards which is then lost to the beach system
Sediment washed by storm waves through low areas between dunes and onto the back side of a barrier island or inland across the mainland
To overflow
The effect of waves overtopping a coastal defense, often carrying sediment land wards which is then lost to the beach system
overwash
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