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Foreshore vs Riverbank - What's the difference?

foreshore | riverbank |

As nouns the difference between foreshore and riverbank

is that foreshore is the part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides while riverbank is a sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.

foreshore

English

Noun

(wikipedia foreshore) (en noun)
  • The part of a shore between high water and low water, especially the beach exposed at maximum ebb spring tides.

    • Synonyms

    * intertidal zone * tidal zone

    Related terms

    * backshore

    riverbank

    English

    Noun

  • A sloped side of a river acting as a barrier between the water and level ground to either side.
  • * 1900 — , ch 8
    • "The best plan will be to walk along the riverbank until we come to the road again," remarked the Lion.