Document Type : Original Research Paper

Authors

• M Shiea ¹
• V Chegini ²

¹ Ph.D., Faculty of Marine Science and Technology, Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Iranian National Institute for Oceanography and Atmospheric Science, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In this research, the reactions of coastline between Lengeh and Gavbandi ports in the Hormozgan Province have been investigated using Hanson and Hayes classification methods. To achieve this, the dominant hydrodynamic forces along the coasts were first explored, then the effective variables were measured. According to Hayes method, the coasts situated around the Tahoneh and Gorzeh ports, between Gorzeh and Chirouyeh, between Charak and Gorzeh ports, and around Mogham are tide-dominated (low). The coastline is of mixed-energy type (tide-dominated) in Bostaneh, Chiruyeh port and around Moghdan. According to the Hanson method, however, the coastline is wave-tide dominated in all stations.

Keywords

• coastal classification
• Wave- tide coast
• Tide-dominated coast
• Mixed energy coast
• Hormozgan province