groyne
rigid hydraulic structure built from an ocean shore (in coastal engineering) or from a bank (in rivers) that interrupts water flow and limits the movement of sediment
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Summary
groyne ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (233 views/month).[1]
Key Facts
- groyne's image is recorded as Traeth Tywyn (beach), Meirionnydd, Gwynedd Hydref 2024 06.png[2].
- groyne's GND ID is recorded as 4529422-7[3].
- groyne's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85057408[4].
- groyne's subclass of is recorded as hydraulic structure[5].
- groyne's Commons category is recorded as Groynes[6].
- groyne's has part is recorded as riprap[7].
- groyne's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01sppr[8].
- groyne's Commons gallery is recorded as Groyne[9].
- groyne's Iconclass notation is recorded as 25H13812[10].
- groyne's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as man_made=groyne[11].
- groyne's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12].
- groyne's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[13].
- groyne's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as technology/groin[14].
- groyne's different from is recorded as longitudinal control dam[15].
- groyne's GeoNames feature code is recorded as S.BRKW[16].
- groyne's Quora topic ID is recorded as Groyne[17].
- groyne's PACTOLS thesaurus ID is recorded as pcrt25bqdt3mprmw156hzj4r[18].
- groyne's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2780174419[19].
- groyne's National Library of Israel J9U ID is recorded as 987007543483705171[20].
- groyne's Lex ID is recorded as høfde[21].
- groyne's KBpedia ID is recorded as Groyne[22].
- groyne's WordNet 3.1 Synset ID is recorded as 02897867-n[23].
- groyne's WikiKids ID is recorded as Krib_(rivier)[24].
- groyne's museum-digital tag ID is recorded as 36770[25].
- groyne's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as mfk2hu8p[26].
Why It Matters
groyne ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (233 views/month).[1] groyne has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] groyne is known by 19 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]