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  1. Breakwater (structure) - Wikipedia

    Breakwaters create safer harbours, but can also trap sediment moving along the coast. A breakwater is a permanent structure constructed at a coastal area to protect against tides, currents, waves, and …

  2. Breakwater | Coastal Protection, Wave Reduction & Shoreline ...

    Breakwater, artificial offshore structure protecting a harbour, anchorage, or marina basin from water waves. Breakwaters intercept longshore currents and tend to prevent beach erosion. Over the long …

  3. Breakwater Design 101: Key Principles and Challenges in Coastal ...

    May 12, 2025 · Breakwaters serve multiple functions in coastal engineering, including dissipating wave energy, controlling sediment transport, and creating calm water zones for marine activities.

  4. Breakwaters: Crystal Tides on Steam

    Dec 9, 2021 · Explore a procedural world with dangerous ocean depths and massive Titans in an Exploration Survival game that changes the way you interact with water.

  5. Breakwaters, Headlands, Sills, and Reefs - U.S. National Park Service

    Apr 5, 2019 · Breakwaters can be placed attached to the shoreline as headlands or submerged near the shoreline as sills. Breakwaters allow for the accretion of sediment between the structure and the …

  6. What is a Breakwater? | Lamulle Construction

    Oct 7, 2024 · Breakwaters help by reducing the impact of the waves that reach the shore, making them essential in coastal protection. In this article, we’ll explore why breakwaters are important, the …

  7. what is a breakwater? 11 things (2025) you need to know

    Feb 21, 2023 · Breakwaters are large walls constructed off the coastline to reduce the power of incoming swells. If you’ve been to a harbor, you’ve like seen a breakwater before. But no breakwater …

  8. Living Breakwaters – Naturally Resilient Communities

    Breakwaters are offshore structures designed to limit wave energy by creating a barrier, most often underwater, between open water and the shoreline.

  9. Breakwaters Wiki - Fandom

    "Breakwaters is an Indie Exploration Survival game with unique water interaction." "Build structures that hold/divert the water, or craft crystal items to bend the water to your will.

  10. Breakwaters: Coastal Protection - numberanalytics.com

    Jun 11, 2025 · Breakwaters are structures constructed in the ocean or along coastlines to protect harbors, beaches, and coastal infrastructure from the impact of waves, tides, and currents.