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Definition|title=Breaker zone or Surf zone
|definition= The zone within which waves approaching the coastline '''commence''' breaking (typically in water depths of between 5 and 10 metres).<ref name="CIRIA (1996)"> CIRIA (1996). ''Beach management manual''. CIRIA Report 153.</ref>.}}
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|definition= The zone within which waves approaching the coastline are breaking.}}
  
  
 
==Notes==
 
==Notes==
* The breaker zone is a subset of the [[surf zone]].
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The breaker zone is a subdomain of the [[shoreface]], schematically shown in [[Definitions of coastal terms]].
 
 
 
 
==References==
 
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==See also==
 
 
 
# [[Surf zone]]
 
# [[Littoral zone]]
 

Revision as of 16:11, 25 September 2018

Definition of Breaker zone or Surf zone:
The zone within which waves approaching the coastline are breaking.
This is the common definition for Breaker zone or Surf zone, other definitions can be discussed in the article


Notes

The breaker zone is a subdomain of the shoreface, schematically shown in Definitions of coastal terms.