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Rhythmic shoreline features at various lengthscales. a) Beach cusps (Matingarahi, NZ. Source: courtesy of Prof. A.D. Short); b) up: megacups associated to transverse bars (Ebro delta, Catalonia (Spain), image taken by the authors); b) down: large beach cusps (Angola. Source: Google Earth, image from Digital-Globe); c) up: megacusps associated to a crescentic bar (Saint Cyprien, France. Source: Google Earth, image from Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO); c) down: megacusps associated to transverse bars (Lighthouse Beach, NSW, Australia. Source: courtesy of Prof. A.D. Short); d) up: rhythmic spits (Gulf of Amur. Source: Google Earth, image from TerraMetrics); d) down: shoreline sand waves (Namibia. Source: Google Earth, image from Digital Globe); e) rhythmic spits (Azov sea. Source: Google Earth, image from Data SIO, NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO).