Beach; Пляж; Rand; Ranta

(1) A deposit of non-cohesive material (e.g. sand, gravel) situated on the interface between dry land and the sea (or other large expansion of water) and actively "worked" by present-day hydrodynamics processes (i.e. waves, tides and currents) and sometimes by winds; (2) The zone of unconsolidated material that extends landward from the low water line to the place where there is marked change in material or physiographic form, or to the line of permanent vegetation. The seaward limit of a beach - unless otherwise specified - is the mean low water line. A beach includes foreshore and backshore; (3) A zone of land, the upper part geological section and topographic form which are formed or altered by sea at its current middle level. The border of the coast from the sea side is in phase with the shoreline. The border of the land site on the valley erosion coasts is on the berm crest cliff (abrasion scarp), and at the accumulation coasts - on the bern crest of the first actual-water terrace or at the inner edge (base) of the foredune . Beach is divided by the lower part (in English literature with the drying zone - foreshore or beachface), constantly under the influence of excitement and the upper, only occasionally affected by storms (usually accompanied by surges; backshore); (4) An elementary form of accumulative sediment, formed in the surf zone. The lower boundary of the beach is the middle position of the water line at low tide. There are two types of beach – leaning and free. There are several types of beach: sandy beaches, boulders, pebbles, shell rock, etc.; (5) Place for rest which has lifeguards or trappings of modernity nearby, such as resorts, camps and hotels and good water quality. Such beaches can be valued for comfortable rest and having for their infrastructure.