Key:seamark:shoreline_construction:category

Categories of shoreline construction (CATSLC)

Values

Category	seamark:shoreline_construction:category	Definition
Fender	fender	A protective structure designed to cushion the impact of a vessel and prevent damage.
Breakwater	breakwater	A structure protecting a shore area, harbour, anchorage, or basin from waves.
Groyne (groin)	groyne	A low artificial wall-like structure of durable material extending from the land to seaward for a particular purpose, such as to prevent coast erosion
Mole	mole	A form of breakwater alongside which vessels may lie on the sheltered side only in some cases it may lie entirely within an artificial harbour, permitting vessels to lie along both sides.
Pier (jetty)	pier	A long, narrow structure extending into the water to afford a berthing place for vessels, to serve as a promenade, etc.
Promenade pier	promenade_pier	A pier built only for recreational purposes.
Wharf (quay)	wharf	A structure serving as a berthing place for vessels.
Training wall	training_wall	A wall or bank, often submerged, built to direct or confine the flow of a river or tidal current, or to promote a scour action.
Rip rap	rip_rap	A layer of broken rock, cobbles, boulders, or fragments of sufficient size to resist the erosive forces of flowing water and wave action.
Revetment	revetment	Facing of stone or other material, either permanent or temporary, placed along the edge of a stream, river or canal to stabilize the bank and to protect it from the erosive action of the stream.
Sea wall	sea_wall	An embankment or wall for protection against waves or tidal action along a shore or water front.
Landing steps	landing_steps	Steps at the shoreline as the connection between land and water on different levels.
Ramp	ramp	A sloping structure that can either be used, as a landing place, at variable water levels, for small vessels, landing ships, or a ferry boat, or for hauling a cradle carrying a vessel, which may include rails.
Slipway	slipway	The prepared and usually reinforced inclined surface on which keel- and bilge-blocks are laid for supporting a vessel under construction.
Solid face wharf	solid_face_wharf	A wharf consisting of a solid wall of concrete, masonry, wood etc., such that the water cannot circulate freely under the wharf. The type of construction affects ship-handling for example, a solid face wharf may give shelter from tidal streams, but under certain circumstances a cushion of water may build up between such a wharf and a ship attempting to berth at it, causing difficulties in ship handling.
Open face wharf	open_face_wharf	A wharf supported on piles or other structures which allow free circulation of water under the wharf.
Log ramp	log_ramp	An inclined plane used to dump logs into the water for transport, or to haul logs out of the water for processing.
Lock/guide wall	lock_wall	Permanent structure bounding a lock and including guide walls
Ice breaker	ice_breaker	An often wedge-like structure used for protecting a bridge pier, dock, facility, etc. from floating ice or other debris.

See also

• Shoreline constructions (CATSLC)