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<pre><tt>What is a beach?
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<pre><tt>Oxford Dictionary: </tt><span class="ind">A pebbly or sandy shore, especially by the sea between high- and low-water marks.</span></pre>
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<pre><span class="ind">OSM description now: </span><span class="ind"><span class="wikibase-descriptionview-text">landform along a body of water which consists of sand, shingle or other loose material</span></span></pre>
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<pre><span class="ind"><span class="wikibase-descriptionview-text">OSM </span></span><span class="ind"><span class="wikibase-descriptionview-text"><span class="ind">description yesterday: </span></span></span>Unvegetated strip of sand, shingle or other loose material at the
coast or the shore of a lake</pre>
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<pre>OSM text: The <tt dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" style="background:#EEF;font-size:1em;line-height:1.6"><bdi style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Key:natural" title="Key:natural">natural</a></bdi>=<a class="mw-selflink selflink"><bdi>beach</bdi></a></tt> tag is used to mark a loose geological landform along the coast or
along another body of water consisting of sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, cobblestones or sometimes shell fragments etc.
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<pre>To me it does not have plants growing on it - so unvegitated.
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<pre>Is mud not a beach? Merseyside?<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/rnli-rescue-dog-walker-stuck-in-mud-on-merseyside-beach/video/f52508898923c2dc9907202049229bbe">https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/national/rnli-rescue-dog-walker-stuck-in-mud-on-merseyside-beach/video/f52508898923c2dc9907202049229bbe</a></pre>
<pre> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.niwa.co.nz/coasts-and-oceans/nz-coast/learn-about-coastal-environments/beach-types/13-beach-types/reflective-tidal-mud-flats">https://www.niwa.co.nz/coasts-and-oceans/nz-coast/learn-about-coastal-environments/beach-types/13-beach-types/reflective-tidal-mud-flats</a>
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<pre>What about rock?
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<pre><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.weekendnotes.com/marino-rocks-beach/">https://www.weekendnotes.com/marino-rocks-beach/</a>
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