Meaning longshore drift
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longshore drift


The general movement of sediment parallel to the shoreline. Waves generally carry sediment up the shore face at an angle to the shoreline, but carry it straight out again, resulting in a net longshore displacement.
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longshore drift


the net movement of sediment along a coast. The direction of swash is usually not perpendicular to the coastline. Sediment is thus moved up a beach and across at the same time. As backwash occurs unde [..]
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longshore drift


The build up of river borne sediment along a coastline.
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longshore drift


the movement of material along a coast by breaking waves 
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longshore drift


  zigzag movement of sand along a beach, caused by the action of waves. love -
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longshore drift


The movement of sediment along a beach by swash and backwash of waves that approach the shore obliquely.
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longshore drift


Movement of sediment along a shoreline by successive waves.
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longshore drift


Movement of sediments approximately parallel to the coastline
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