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Mound dike

There are two basic types of dikes, which are mainly shielding structures (although they can also act as coastline barriers and/or coastal protection): ones with a vertical face and ones with a sloping face (mixed types exist, that work in one way or another depending on the sea level). The first ones, mound dikes or breakwaters, normally consist in a one-piece stone element protected by one or more blocks, or special pieces of concrete breakwater layers of a larger size on which the waves break, and can have a screen wall on their crown.

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