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Deutsch: Strand / Español: Playa / Português: Praia / Français: Plage / Italiano: Spiaggia
A beach is a landform along the shoreline of an ocean, sea, lake, or river. It usually consists of loose particles, which are often composed of rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, or cobblestones. The particles comprising the beach are occasionally biological in origin, such as mollusc shells or coralline algae.
beam is a ship's width at it's widest point; determines whether or not a vessel CAN pass through the Panama Canal
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