onshore
Blowing from sea
Onshore means toward or on the land, especially from the sea.
An onshore breeze blows from water toward shore.
Onshore drilling happens on land rather than at sea.
In business and finance, onshore refers to activities conducted within a country's borders, as opposed to offshore operations: The company moved its call center onshore.
Sandy waterside margin
- tidalOf sea rhythms
- dunesWind-formed sand ridges
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
- foreshoreIntertidal coastal zone
sandbank · cliff · surf · tidepool · kelp · mangrove · saltmarsh · intertidal
Toward the shore
- inboundTraveling toward a destination
- shorewardToward the shore
- approachingComing toward something
- incomingMoving toward arrival
bearing · heading · windward · leeward · toward · beachward · coastward
Hole-making by rotation
- rigEquipment arrangement or vehicle
- wellDug water source
- pipelineLong-distance fluid transport tube
- extractionAct of removing
refinery · oilfield · derrick · fracking · reservoir · production · exploration · pumping
Of this area
- nationalOf a country
- internalSituated within
- regionalRelating to an area
- homegrownRaised on one's property
domestic · repatriated · nearshoring · reshoring · insourcing · localized · homeland
beach
Sandy waterside margin
foreshore · sandbank · cliff · surf · tidepool · kelp · mangrove · saltmarsh · intertidal · maritime
landward
Toward the shore
- inboundTraveling toward a destination
- shorewardToward the shore
- approachingComing toward something
incoming · bearing · heading · windward · leeward · toward · beachward · coastward
drilling
Hole-making by rotation
extraction · refinery · oilfield · derrick · fracking · reservoir · production · exploration · pumping · basin
local
Of this area
homegrown · domestic · repatriated · nearshoring · reshoring · insourcing · localized · homeland
breeze
Light, gentle air movement
- gustBrief wind surge
- sea breezeWind from ocean to land
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
turbine · windfarm · prevailing · blowing · current · fetch · katabatic
- nautical directionsport, starboard, bow, stern, fore
- place adjectivescoastal, suburban, urban, rural, northern
- place descriptorsregional, local, remote, national, isolated
- oil industrypetroleum, oil fields, oil well, oil rig, oil production
- Oil Marketsoil prices, crude oil, petroleum, oil production, oil reserves
- surf conditionswaves, swell, barrels, tubes, glassy
onshoreoffshore
Away from land
at sea · seaward · out to sea · land breeze · oceanward
onshoreoffshore
Away from land
overseas · outsourced · international · nearshore · domestic
- onshore windsAir currents toward coast