What is the name for the place where sand meets the normal land (e.g. grass) at a beach?

Question

What is the name for the place where sand meets the normal land (e.g. grass) at a beach?

Answer 1

High Water Mark

(Abbr. HWM) A mark indicating the highest level reached by a body of water.

Answer 2

It is normally called the Dune Line.

Answer 3

who knows

Answer 4

Well, grasses at the beach are usually in the dune which is still considered part of the shore.  there can be one dune, or more then one when the dune dips down and then rises up again before it enters the area away from the shore.  the grasses you seen in the dune help keep erosion at bay.

the dune line is the area when the shore mets what is considered the non shore.

Answer 5

It's called the beach head.

Answer 6

Riparian land.

Answer 7

Could be back shore.

Answer 8

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_grass

Marram grass but I am not sure what the land is actually called I know it as dunes.

Answer 9

what about foreshore

Answer 10

sand dunes