Breachway

A breachway is defined as the shore along a channel. Today the term is used to describe the whole area around where a channel meets the ocean. The Rhode Island coastline has many breachways on its map. Today's permanent breachways have rock jetties that line the sides of the channel to protect against erosion or closing of the waterway. The water channels usually lead to salt water ponds.

A breachway in Charlestown, RI

A breachway in Weekapaug, RI

Coastal management
Management	Coastal management Accretion Integrated coastal zone management Managed retreat Submersion
Hard engineering	A-jack Accropode Akmon Artificial reef Breachway Breakwater Cliff stabilization Dolos Flood wall Floodgate Gabion Groyne Levee Hard engineering Honeycomb sea wall Hudson's equation KOLOS Revetment Riprap Seawall Tetrapod Training wall Xbloc
Soft engineering	Beach nourishment Beach drainage Living shorelines Sand dune stabilization Soft engineering Soft shore remediation
Related topics	Beach evolution Coastal erosion Land reclamation Longshore transport Modern recession of beaches

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