shoreline-development ratio

A ratio indicating the degree of irregularity of a lake shoreline, given as the length of the shoreline to the circumference of a circle whose area is equal to that of the lake.

Related terms:

• shoreline of emergence
• shoreline of submergence
• stream-length ratio
• coral-reef shoreline
• submerged shoreline
• emerged shoreline
• negative shoreline
• positive shoreline
• rectilinear shoreline
• coral shoreline