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[[File:Geotube Ocean City resized29-23839.jpg|350px|thumb|right|Geotubes installed at Ocean City, New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy]]
 
Elongated cloth bags or tubes made out of plastic material that are filled with sand that can be stacked or arranged as a form of semi-hard coastal engineering. See also: [[Sand Bags]]
 
Elongated cloth bags or tubes made out of plastic material that are filled with sand that can be stacked or arranged as a form of semi-hard coastal engineering. See also: [[Sand Bags]]
  

Revision as of 15:03, 16 August 2014

This page is available in multiple languages:
Geotextile Tubes (English)
ジオテキスタイルチューブ (日本語)
Geotubes installed at Ocean City, New Jersey following Hurricane Sandy

Elongated cloth bags or tubes made out of plastic material that are filled with sand that can be stacked or arranged as a form of semi-hard coastal engineering. See also: Sand Bags



This article is part of a series on Shoreline Structures looking at types of structures commonly built along shorelines, and the policies, laws, and regulations which can affect where and under what conditions they are built.

For information about laws, policies and conditions impacting shoreline structures in a specific state, please visit Surfrider's State of the Beach report to find the State Report for that state, and click on the "Shoreline Structures" indicator link.