sea wall
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thumb|upright=1.25|An example of a modern seawall in Ventnor on the [[Isle of Wight, England]] thumb|People socializing and walking at the Malecón, Havana thumb|upright|Seawall at Urangan, Queensland
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thumb|upright=1.25|An example of a modern seawall in Ventnor on the [[Isle of Wight, England]] thumb|People socializing and walking at the Malecón, Havana thumb|upright|Seawall at Urangan, Queensland
A seawall (or sea wall) is a form of coastal defense constructed where the sea, and associated coastal processes, impact directly upon the landforms of the coast. The purpose of a seawall is to protect areas of human habitation, conservation, and leisure activities from the action of tides, waves, or tsunamis. As a seawall is a static feature, it will conflict with the dynamic nature of the coast and impede the exchange of sediment between land and sea.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “sea wall” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.