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spiaggia

Definition: *
The unconsolidated material that covers a gently sloping zone, typically with a concave profile, extending landward from the low-water line to the place where there is a definite change in material or physiographic from (such as a cliff), or to the line of permanent vegetation (usually the effective limit of the highest storm waves); a shore of body of water, formed and washed by waves or tides, usually covered by sand or gravel, and lacking a bare rocky surface.
* Note: Definition is not available for the current language
broader terms
riva del mare
narrower terms
cordone litorale
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
TERRITORIO (paesaggio, geografia)
Themes:
aree naturali, paesaggio, ecosistemi
geografia
Other relations:
Has exact match
EuroVoc: littoral
Wikipedia article
Beach
Has close match
UMTHES: Strand
Arabic: شاطئ
Basque: hondartza
Bulgarian: Полегат морски бряг
Catalan: platja
Chinese: 海滩
Croatian: plaža
Czech: pláž
Danish: strand
Dutch: strand
English: beach
English (US): beach
Estonian: lauge [mere]rand
Finnish: uimaranta
French: plage
German: Strand
Greek: παραλία
Hungarian: tengerparti strand
Irish: trá
Latvian: pludmale
Lithuanian: paplūdimys
Maltese: xtajta
Norwegian: strand
Polish: obszar nadmorski
Portuguese: praias
Romanian: plajă
Russian: пляж
Slovak: pláž
Slovenian: plaža
Spanish: playas
Swedish: strand
Turkish: plaj
Ukrainian: пляж
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/751>