HORMOZGAN PROVINCE BEACH AND SHOREFACE MORPHODYNAMIC CLASSIFICATION

The study of coastal systems evolution is an important issue for a proper coastal management and planning of beaches. For this reason, morphodynamic classification ofthe beach plays a crucial role in forecasting changes in beach morphology, when dealing with coastal management. The classification should be based on the mutualinteraction of all hydrodynamic and morphological parameters (i.e. wave climate, tidal range, mean grain size of sediments, and beach shape) in order to provide acomplete description of the physical processes occurring in the coastal areas and affecting the beach response. Indeed, the beach is a system that dynamically responds to a wide range of hydrodynamic and morphologic processes. The aim of this study is to determine the beach types that occur in Hormozgan Province coasts. Accordingly, thebeach types in some sample points along the Hormozgan Province coastlines have been reported in this article.