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Land reclamation, often known as ... Sri Lanka. Colombo ... Beach rebuilding is the process of repairing beaches using materials such as sand or mud from inland.
Port City Colombo (Sinhala: කොළඹ වරාය නගරය, romanised: Koḷam̆ba Warāya Nagaraya) is a multi-services special economic zone located in Colombo, Sri Lanka, which is currently under construction on reclaimed land adjacent to the Galle Face Green. The land reclamation work had been
Beach nourishment (also referred to as beach renourishment, [2] beach replenishment, or sand replenishment) describes a process by which sediment, usually sand, lost through longshore drift or erosion is replaced from other sources.
Galle Face Green originally extended over a much larger area than exists today. Records indicate that it was bounded to the north by Beira Lake, the ramparts of Colombo Fort and the city's cemetery (established in 1803), to the west by the Indian Ocean, whilst to the south by the Galle Face Hotel (established in 1864, although the original building on the site was a Dutch villa) and to the ...
Unawatuna is a coastal town in Galle district of Sri Lanka. Unawatuna is a major tourist attraction in Sri Lanka and known for its beach and corals. It is a suburb of Galle, about 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) southeast to the city center and approximately 108 kilometres (67 mi) south of Colombo. Unawatuna is situated at an elevation of 5 metres (16 ft ...
Rekawa Lagoon is a comparatively small coastal lagoon with a water surface area of 2.4 km 2 (0.93 sq mi). The lagoon is connected to the Indian Ocean with a 3 km (1.9 mi) narrow inland waterway.
Gurunagar (Tamil: குருநகர், romanized: Kurunakar) is a coastal village in Jaffna city in northern Sri Lanka. Gurunagar is also known as Karaiyur (Tamil: கரையூர், romanized: Karaiyūr). [2] [3]
Accretion is the process of coastal sediment returning to the visible portion of a beach or foreshore after a submersion event. [1] A sustainable beach or foreshore often goes through a cycle of submersion during rough weather and later accretion during calmer periods.