Mammoth Memory

Foreshore – The part of a seashore between high-water and low-water marks

To remember the meaning of the term Foreshore, use the following mnemonic:

Here are four shore (foreshore) line positions but the important lines are the high tide and low tide positions.

Here are four shore (foreshore) line positions but the important lines are the high tide and low tide positions.

The areas of a shoreline (including the foreshore) are shown here:

Foreshore diagram showing parts of a shoreline

Another way to remember what the foreshore is, is to think of it as the part of the shore that gets wet as the tide comes in to its highest extent.

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