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Chart datum

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water levelnounThe level of a body of water, especially when measured above a datum line.
tidemarknouna line (of seaweed or differently coloured sand etc) on the shore showing the level of high or low tide
low tidenounThe time of day when the sea has receded to its lowest level.
water tablenoun(geology) The level, underground, below which the ground is saturated with water.
tide tablenounA table giving the time of when the tide will be high or low at a particular place.
lowtidenounThe point at which the sea level is at its lowest during any given cycle
chartometernounAn instrument for measuring distances of charts or maps.
tidenounThe daily fluctuation in the level of the sea caused by the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun.
groundwater levelnoun(construction) The level, at a particular site, below which the subsoil and rock masses of the earth are fully saturated with water.
sea levelnounThe nominal height of the surface of the oceans above which heights of geographical features and aircraft flight levels are measured.
establishment of the portnoun(hydrography) A datum on which the tides are computed at the given port, obtained by observation. It is the interval between the Moon's passage over the meridian and the time of high water at the port, on the days of new moon and full moon.
tidal rangenoun(oceanography) The difference in height between high tide and low tide.
contour linenoun(geography) A line on a map through points of equal elevation, often height above sea level.
isobathnounA line on a map or chart joining places of equal depth of water; a depth contour.
water linenoun(nautical) Any one of several lines marked upon the outside of a vessel, corresponding with the surface of the water when she is afloat on an even keel. The lowest line indicates the vessel's proper submergence when not loaded, and is called the light water line; the highest, called the load water line, indicates her proper submergence when loaded.
tide dialnounAn elliptical plate marking the state of the ocean tides.
hydrographnounA graph of flow past a point in a river versus time.
levelnounA tool for finding whether a surface is level, or for creating a horizontal or vertical line of reference.
critical tide levelnounA zone in which the duration of annual continuous exposure or submergence of intertidal areas changes sharply.
littoralnounThe zone of a coast between high tide and low tide levels.

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