Tetrapod

A tetrapod is a form of wave-dissipating concrete block used to prevent erosion caused by weather and longshore drift, primarily to enforce coastal structures such as seawalls and breakwaters.
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  • Type: Stone
  • Description: type of structure in coastal engineering
  • Also known as: “dolosse”, “stabilopod”, “tetrapod”, “tetrapod block”, “tetrapod(structure)”, and “tétrapodes”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kasbah Mahdiyya.

Heath
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, or Kasbah of Kenitra, is a kasbah located in , . It is situated at the mouth of the on the Atlantic Ocean, 8 km west of the city's train station. is situated 2½ km east of Tetrapod.

Tetrapod

Latitude
34.26266° or 34° 15′ 46″ north
Longitude
-6.68577° or 6° 41′ 9″ west
Open location code
8C6M7877+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1241228696
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­stone
Wiki­data ID
Q679780
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Armenian to Wu Chinese—“Tetrapod” goes by many names.
  • Armenian: “տետրապոդ”
  • Armenian: “քառոտանի”
  • Armenian: “Քառոտանի”
  • Bulgarian: “Тетрапод (конструкция)”
  • Bulgarian: “Тетрапод”
  • Catalan: “tetràpode”
  • Catalan: “Tetràpode”
  • Chinese: “Bah-chàng-kak”
  • Chinese: “中部粽”
  • Chinese: “弱波石”
  • Chinese: “消波塊”
  • Chinese: “防護塊”
  • Danish: “Tetrapode”
  • Dutch: “Tetrapod”
  • Dutch: “tetrapode”
  • French: “tétrapode”
  • French: “Tétrapode”
  • Galician: “Tetrápodo”
  • Georgian: “ტეტრაპოდი (სტრუქტურა)”
  • Georgian: “ტეტრაპოდი”
  • German: “Tetrapode”
  • Hebrew: “טטרפוד”
  • Hindi: “टेट्रापोड”
  • Indonesian: “Tetrapod (struktur)”
  • Indonesian: “Tetrapod”
  • Italian: “Tetrapode”
  • Japanese: “テトラポット”
  • Japanese: “テトラポッド”
  • Japanese: “波消しブロック”
  • Japanese: “波消ブロック”
  • Japanese: “消波ブロック”
  • Japanese: “護岸用コンクリートブロック”
  • Korean: “테트라포드”
  • Marathi: “टेट्रापॉड्स (रचना)”
  • Marathi: “टेट्रापॉड्स”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Bah-chàng-kak”
  • Northern Frisian: “Tetrapoodi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “tetrapod”
  • Norwegian: “Tetrapod”
  • Polish: “Gwiazdoblok”
  • Portuguese: “Tetrápode (estrutura)”
  • Portuguese: “Tetrápode”
  • Romanian: “stabilopod”
  • Romanian: “Stabilopod”
  • Russian: “Тетрапод”
  • Spanish: “tetrápodo”
  • Spanish: “Tetrápodo”
  • Swedish: “tetrapod”
  • Ukrainian: “Тетрапод”
  • Urdu: “ٹیٹراپوڈ (حفاظتی تعمیر)”
  • Urdu: “ٹیٹراپوڈ”
  • Wu Chinese: “消波块”

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Highlights include Parc de Jeux and Mahdya Beach.

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