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Categories: Coastal geography, Articles with short description, Physical oceanography, Oceanographical terminology, Coastal erosion
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longshore drift  littoral drift  long-shore drift  long shore drift  longshore current
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Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction. Wikipedia
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Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction. Wikipedia
Geological process by which sediments move along a beach shore Wikidata
The process whereby sand and shingle move along a beach shoreline when waves approach the shore at an angle. Wiktionary
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littoral drift, long-shore drift, long shore drift, longshore current, longshore currents, Longshore Drift, Longshore sediment transport, longshore transport, Longshore transportation, shore drift

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