strandline

strandline
    a) The shoreline, especially a former (relict) shoreline now elevated above the present water level, that commonly appears as a bench or line wrapping around the landscape at a common elevation.
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    b) A beach, especially one raised above the present sea or lake level. GG

Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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