Beach

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A beach is a geological formation consisting of loose rock particles along the shoreline of a body of water.

Beach, Beaches or beaching may also refer to:

In literature

• Beaches (novel), a 1986 novel by Iris Rainer Dart
• The Beach (novel), a 1996 novel by Alex Garland
• Sebastian Beach, Lord Emsworth's butler in the stories of P. G. Wodehouse

In film

• Beaches (film), a 1988 movie starring Bette Midler and Barbara Hershey
• The Beach (film), a 2000 movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio

People

• Alfred Ely Beach (1826-96), inventor and publisher
• Amy Beach (1867-1944), American composer, also known as Mrs. H.H.A. Beach
• David Nelson Beach (1848-1926), American theologian
• Edward L. Beach, Jr. (1918-2002) U.S. Navy submarine commander and author
• Harlan Page Beach (1854-1933), American missionary, brother of David Nelson Beach
• Moses Yale Beach (1800-68), American inventor and publisher
• Nelson J. Beach (1800-1876), New York politician
• Ralph H. Beach, co-inventor of the Edison-Beach railcar
• Rex Beach (1877-1949), American author
• Spencer A. Beach (1860-1922), American horticulturalist
• Sylvia Beach (1887-1962), editor and bookseller
• William Beach (c. 1816–1860), New York politician

Places

• Beach, Gloucestershire, a village in England
• Beach, North Dakota, a town in the USA
• Beaches, Newfoundland and Labrador, a Canadian village
• The Beaches, a neighbourhood of Toronto, Canada

Other

• Beaching (nautical), to lay a vessel ashore or ground it deliberately
• Wader, also known as beach bird
• Beach music

See also

• On the Beach (disambiguation)
• List of beaches
• Beech
• Beechwood
• Beechcraft
• Beach Boys

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