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Civil Engineering - Docks and Harbours

Exercise : Docks and Harbours - Section 1
6.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
For nautical purposes, low water level is generally referred to by the navigators
The depth of the bed of the sea from the surface of water is called sounding
The contour lines on the bed of a water body are called fathoms
All the above.
Answer: Option
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7.
Pick up the correct statement from the following:
The direction of the littoral drift depends upon the direction of the wave with respect to the coastline
The direction of a river opening to the sea determines the direction of no littoral drift
Harbour in the path of littoral drift is not constructed to avoid a build up of sand on one side and erosion on the other
all of the above.
Answer: Option
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8.
A low wall built out into the sea more or less perpendicular to the coast line, to resist the travel of sand and shingle along a beach, is called
break water
break wall
groins
shore wall.
Answer: Option
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9.
At a place the shore line is along North West-South East. The wind is blowing from the north. The littoral drift will be along
south east
south
south west
west
north west
Answer: Option
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10.
If F is the fetch, the straight line distance of open water available in kilometres, the height of the wave in metres is
0.15 F
0.20 F
0.28 F
0.34 F
Answer: Option
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