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Longshore drift (Wikipedia)

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Longshore drift (Wikipedia)
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Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments (clay, silt, pebbles, sand, shingle, shells) along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wave direction.
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