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longshore driftThe 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 driftthe 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 driftThe build up of river borne sediment along a coastline.
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longshore driftthe 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 driftThe movement of sediment along a beach by swash and backwash of waves that approach the shore obliquely.
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longshore driftMovement of sediment along a shoreline by successive waves.
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longshore driftMovement of sediments approximately parallel to the coastline
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