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| High water mark | The phrase high water mark or high-water mark (hwm) literally refers to the highest point which a body of water attains: the ocean at high tide; a river at peak flood; the contents of a bath tub. (references) | ||
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| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| High water mark | Aerospace | A distinct mark made on vegetation, buildings or rocks that shows the extent of water rise. (references) | |
| High water mark | Engineering | Line or mark left upon tidal flats, beach, or along shore objects indicating the elevation or the intrusion of high water. (references) | |
| High water mark | Environment | 1) The line which the water impresses on the soil by covering it for sufficient periods to deprive it of upland vegetation. 2) (NOS) A line or mark left upon tide flats, beach, or alongshore objects indicating the elevation of the intrusion of high water. The mark may be a line of oil or scum on alongshore objects, or a more or less continuous deposit of fine shell or debris on the foreshore or berm. This mark is physical evidence of the general height reached by wave run-up at recent high waters. It should not be confused with the mean high water line or mean higher high water line. See LOW WATER MARK and ORDINARY HIGH WATER. For tidal conditions, See MEAN HIGH WATER and MEAN LOW WATER. (references) | |
| High water mark | Geography | Intersection of plane of mean high water with the shore. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| High water mark | Hydraulics | A line or mark left upon tide flats, beach, or along shore objects indicating the elevation of the intrusion of high water. The mark may be a line of oil or scum on along shore objects, or a more or less continuous deposit of fine shell or debris on the fore shore or berm. This mark is physical evidence of the general height reached by wave run up at recent high waters. It should not be confused with the mean high water line or mean higher high water line. (references) | |
| High water mark | Law | HIGH WATER MARK. That part of the shore of the sea to which the waves ordinarily reach when he tide is at its highest. 6 Mass. R. 435; 1 Pick. R.180; 1 Halst. R. 1; 1 Russ. on Cr. 107; 2 East, P. C. 803. Vide Sea shore; Tide. (references) | |
| High Water Mark (HWM) | Administration | A mark indicating the highest level reached by a body of water. (references) | |
| Ordinary high water mark | Environment | An elevation that marks the boundary of a lake, marsh, or streambed. It is the highest level at which the water has remained long enough to leave its mark on the landscape. Typically, it is the point where the natural vegetation changes from predominantly aquatic to predominantly terrestrial. (references) | |
| Ordinary high water mark | Geology | That line on the shore established by the fluctuations of water and indicated by physical characteristics such as clear, natural line impressed on the bank, shelving, changes in the character of the soil, destruction of terrestrial vegetation, the presence of litter and debris, or other appropriate means that consider the characteristics of the surrounding areas. (references) | |
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