| Erosion-resistant rock and/or cliff, without loose eroded material in the fronting sea |
| Erosion-resistant rock and/or cliff, without loose eroded material in the fronting sea but with rock waste fronting upland |
| Erosion-resistant rock and/or cliff, with rock waste at its base and/or fronting upland |
| Erodible rock and/or cliff, with rock waste and sediments (sand or pebbles) at its base |
| Pocket beaches (< 200 m long) separated by sections of rock and/or cliff |
| Small beaches (200 to 1000 m long) separated by rocky capes (< 200 m long) |
| Gravel beach fronting upland (> 1 km long) |
| Sand beach fronting upland (> 1 Km long) |
| Beach that is part of extensive non-cohesive sedimentary systems (barrier, spit, tombolo) |
| Muddy coastline, including tidal flat, salt marsh |
| Estuary |
| Harbor area |
| Artificial beach |
| Coastal embankment with construction |
| Polder (land reclaimed by man from the sea) |
| Vegetated (‘green’) beach |
| Beach with rocky platform |
| Beach with beach rock |
| Beach made of mine-waste |
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| Heterogeneous beach |
| Artificial shoreline (walk, dike, quay) without beach |
| Beach, unspecified |
