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What does berm mean?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 1/12/2023

A beach berm is a mound of loose material (sand, shingles, shells, jetsam, flotsam) on the backshore of a beach.

It records the height to which waves have washed up the beach face at high tide.

A beach can bear more than one berm. When so, the highest berm will be landward of lower berm(s).

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Velma Schumm

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2y ago

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