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Longshore current is the movement of water nearest the coast. Usually caused by tides.
Longshore drift is the movement of beach or coastal material, by longshore drift. The action of waves loosen the material, which is then moved by the current and deposited further down tide. The action is greater during storms.
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∙ 9y agoLong shore drift means the movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it. It transports sediments.
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What creates longshore current?
Longshore currents create beaches.
Why don't longshore currents form in places where waves hit the shore head-on?
Long-shore currents don't form in places where waves hit the shore head-on because the sand is moving in a zigzag pattern, making it at an angle.
Hypothesis that the continents have moved slowly to their current locations?
The theories of continental drift and plate tectonics. These are relatively new ideas; when I was young, they were still fairly controversial. But as the evidence has accumulated, most people have become convinced that these are valid explanations of how things came to be as they are. Just remember that the next time somebody says that something is "settled science"; the science of any discipline is NEVER settled.
What is a typical drift speed of electrons that make up a current in a typical DC?
That depends upon the type of metal you are using, but something along the lines of 1x10^-5 m/s is alright
A random change in a population's allele frequency?
Evolution is the change in allele frequency over time in a population of organisms. By mutation, genetic drift, gene flow and natural selection.
What is the process by which beach sediment moves down the beach with the current?
the process in which beach sediment move down a beach with the current
What is the difference between longshore drift and longshore current?
Current is with water and drift is moving sediments in the current
Is longshore drift the cause or the effect of a longshore?
Longshore drift is the effect of longshore current because the water moves a certain way and causes the sand to take shape.
What kinds of landforms do longshore drift and longshore currents produce?
what is a current
What kinds of landforms do longshore currents and longshore drift produce?
what is a current
What kind of landforms do longshore drift and longshore currents produce?
what is a current
What is a longshore current?
Longshore current, sometimes called longshore drift, is an ocean current that flows parallel to and close to the shore. A link is provided to the Wikipedia article.
Is longshore drift the cause or the effect of a longshore current explain?
effect. longshore drift is the combined effect of sediments moved by longshore currents and and beach drift. longshore currents are ocean currents that flow parallel to the coast while beach drift is the resultant zigzag movement along the beach.
Is longshore drift the cause or effect of a longshore current. Explain?
effect. longshore drift is the combined effect of sediments moved by longshore currents and and beach drift. longshore currents are ocean currents that flow parallel to the coast while beach drift is the resultant zigzag movement along the beach.
Why is a longshore drift a problem at Dawlish Warren?
Longshore drift moves sediment along the beach which lengthens the sand spit. Groynes have been put in place to try and reduce the effects of longshore drift.
What drift in longshore drift?
Beach sediment
How is a barrier spit formed?
Formation of a Barrier SpitBarrier Spits are formed by the process of Longshore Drift. What is Longshore Drift?Longshore drift, sometimes known as drifting, longshore current, LSD (not common as it typically refers to a drug) or littoral drift is the movement of sediments, most often sand, along a coast parallel to its shoreline.
