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    Jetties are structures that project from land out into water and are used to protect coastlines from erosion and currents, maintain navigable channels, and provide access to coastal areas and harbors. They are typically made of materials like wood, earth, stone, or concrete. Jetties are constructed at river mouths and coastal entrances to berth ships and prevent rivers from changing course. Some jetties take the form of parallel structures that guide channels across sandy coasts and are made solid below the waterline with open timber above. Jetties can also be tourist attractions like the famous Spiral Jetty land art sculpture.

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    Jetties are structures that project from land out into water and are used to protect coastlines from erosion and currents, maintain navigable channels, and provide access to coastal areas and harbors. They are typically made of materials like wood, earth, stone, or concrete. Jetties are constructed at river mouths and coastal entrances to berth ships and prevent rivers from changing course. Some jetties take the form of parallel structures that guide channels across sandy coasts and are made solid below the waterline with open timber above. Jetties can also be tourist attractions like the famous Spiral Jetty land art sculpture.

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    Jetties are structures that project from land out into water and are used to protect coastlines from erosion and currents, maintain navigable channels, and provide access to coastal areas and harbors. They are typically made of materials like wood, earth, stone, or concrete. Jetties are constructed at river mouths and coastal entrances to berth ships and prevent rivers from changing course. Some jetties take the form of parallel structures that guide channels across sandy coasts and are made solid below the waterline with open timber above. Jetties can also be tourist attractions like the famous Spiral Jetty land art sculpture.

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    Jetties are structures that project from land out into water and are used to protect coastlines from erosion and currents, maintain navigable channels, and provide access to coastal areas and harbors. They are typically made of materials like wood, earth, stone, or concrete. Jetties are constructed at river mouths and coastal entrances to berth ships and prevent rivers from changing course. Some jetties take the form of parallel structures that guide channels across sandy coasts and are made solid below the waterline with open timber above. Jetties can also be tourist attractions like the famous Spiral Jetty land art sculpture.

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    Jetties

    Ports and Harbor

    Reporter: Curay and Sarip


    What is Jetty?
    • A jetty is a long narrow structure, such
    as a pier, that projects from the land
    out into water. Often, "jetty" refers to a
    walkway accessing the center of an
    enclosed waterbody. The term is
    derived from the French word jetée,
    "thrown", and signifies something
    thrown out.
    • Jetties are usually made of wood,
    earth, stone, or concrete. They stretch
    from the shore into the water.
    Purpose of Jetty
    • To protect a coastline from the currents and
    tides
    • To protect a harbor or shoreline from storms
    or erosions
    • To prevent river mouths and streams from
    meandering naturally
    • Built so that a channel to the ocean will stay
    open for navigation purposes
    • To connect the land with deep water farther
    away from shore for the purposes of docking
    ships and unloading cargo
    Principal kinds of Jetties

    • Constructed at river mouths


    • Constructed at the coastal entrances

    Those two used for the berthing of ships in harbors


    and offshore where harbor facilities are not available.
    Jetty-like structures may be built out at intervals from
    the banks of rivers where a wide channel must be
    narrowed to concentrate the current and thus help
    maintain a navigable channel. These structures—
    variously termed spurs, spur dikes, and groins—may
    also be projected from the concave side of a river to
    retard bank erosion.
    The approach channel to some ports situated on
    sandy coasts is guided and protected across the beach by
    parallel jetties. In some cases, these are made solid up to
    a little above low water of neap tides, on which open
    timber-work is erected, provided with a planked platform
    at the top raised above the highest tides. In other cases,
    they consist entirely of solid material without timber-
    work. The channel between the jetties was originally
    maintained by tidal scour from low-lying areas close to
    the coast, and subsequently by the current from sluicing
    basins.
    Jetties can be popular tourist attractions. They
    usually provide safe access to coastal areas. The most
    famous jetty is probably Spiral Jetty, a large sculpture
    created by the artist Robert Smithson in 1970.

    Spiral Jetty is on the northeast shore of


    the Great Salt Lake, in the U.S. state of
    Utah. Smithson constructed the 4,500
    457-meter (1,500-foot) jetty out of rock
    and earth. Its unusual shape twists in a
    circular, counter-clockwise direction.
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