seawall

A seawall is a coastal defense structure built parallel to the shoreline to protect land and infrastructure from wave action, erosion, and storm surges.

Aliases (3)

• Delta Works structure ×6
• storm surge barrier ×4
• historic defensive seawall ×1

Instances (12)

• Oesterdam ("storm surge barrier")
• Maeslantkering ("storm surge barrier")
• Haringvlietdam ("storm surge barrier")
• Brouwersdam ("Delta Works structure")
• Grevelingendam ("Delta Works structure")
• Volkerakdam ("Delta Works structure")
• Philipsdam ("storm surge barrier")
• Malecón
• The Battery ("historic defensive seawall")