Shoal
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Shoal, shoals or shoaling may mean:
- ShoalShoalShoal, shoals or shoaling may mean:* Shoal, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping* Shoal draught , of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals: see Draft...
, a sandbank or reef creating shallow water, especially where it forms a hazard to shipping - Shoal draught (or draft), of a boat with shallow draught which can pass over some shoals: see Draft (hull)Draft (hull)The draft of a ship's hull is the vertical distance between the waterline and the bottom of the hull , with the thickness of the hull included; in the case of not being included the draft outline would be obtained...
- Wave shoalingWave shoalingIn fluid dynamics, wave shoaling is the effect by which surface waves entering shallower water increase in wave height . It is caused by the fact that the group velocity, which is also the wave-energy transport velocity, decreases with the reduction of water depth...
, the change of wave height for sea waves propagating into shallow water - Shoaling and schoolingShoaling and schoolingIn biology, any group of fish that stay together for social reasons are said to be shoaling , and if, in addition, the group is swimming in the same direction in a coordinated manner, they are said to be schooling . In common usage, the terms are sometimes used rather loosely...
, ways that fish and other aquatic animals behave when in large groups - The ShoalsThe ShoalsThe Shoals is a metropolitan area in northwestern Alabama, officially known as the Florence-Muscle Shoals Metropolitan Area, including the cities of Florence, Muscle Shoals, Tuscumbia, and Sheffield, and the counties of Lauderdale and Colbert...
, a region in northwest Alabama, United States - Shoals, IndianaShoals, IndianaShoals is a town in Center and Halbert townships, Martin County, Indiana, United States. The population was 756 at the 2010 census. The city is the county seat of Martin County....
, a town in the United States - The Project ShoalProject ShoalProject Shoal was an underground nuclear test that took place on October 26, 1963 within the Sand Springs Range, approximately southeast of Fallon, Nevada....
underground nuclear test.