overwash
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- noun
- /ˈoʊvərˌwɔʃ/
- Specialized
:
inundación
- After the heavy rains, there was noticeable overwash that covered the coastal road with mud.
- wave overwash
Examples
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The storm caused significant overwash, bringing sand and debris onto the beach.
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Forecasters say winds, dune erosion, and high tide will create overwash on N.C. 12 north of Cape Hatteras.
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The panels on the left show data from a southern site with significant beach erosion and overwash.
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In addition, Jennings said there was more ocean overwash on Friday.
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Deposition in the developed portion of the coast occurred in overwash lobes that formed between houses.
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Aerial photographs taken after hurricanes in 1954 and 1938 show overwash fans deposited at the site.
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Frequent wave overwash destroys dunes on rapidly transgressing barrier-island coasts.
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Sand was pumped onto the beach by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers using dredged material that was brought back from overwash areas on the island and scraped up from the beach face by bulldozers.
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During the hurricane, significant coastal erosion, road damage, and overwash occurred between Marineland and Matanzas, and a small breach occurred in the barrier beach, forming a new connection with the Intracoastal Waterway.
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After Hurricane Matthew, the orthomosaic shows that a breach has formed, and the barrier has migrated inland through erosion of the shoreface and overwash deposition in the back-barrier river channel.
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Synonyms
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7.7
Flooding of land when water covers areas that are normally dry
The covering of dry land by water when a river or sea rises
How Much
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Overwash comes from the parts over meaning 'over' and wash meaning 'to flow' or 'to move with water'. It paints a picture of waves flowing 'over' a beach and carrying sand and mud inland, so an overwash is the water or the layer of sand and mud left on land after a storm.