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Beach Drift
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What is a water current that moves sand in a zigzag pattern along a beach?
Longshore Current..
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.
The movement of sand along the beach is called?
long-shore drift
How does sand get transported along a beach?
the waves
What are twenty ways to prevent beach erosion?
By building barriers along the beach and planting sea plants.
What do you call the zigzag movement of pebbles along the beach by waves?
Longshore Drift
Beach drift is the movement of sand down a beach in a?
zigzag pattern
What is a water current that moves in a zigzag pattern along the beach?
longshore
What is a water current that moves sand in a zigzag pattern along a beach?
Longshore Current..
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.
What is the zigzag motion that carries sand grains along a beach known as?
Longshore drift. Please see the related link.
The movement of sand along the beach is called?
long-shore drift
What is a movement of sediments along a beach shore called?
longshore drift
What is formed when rocks slide along a creck?
Rocks sliding along a creek, become rounded and broken into ever smaller pieces by the water action. They will eventually become grains of sand on the beach, if the water flow is sometimes strong enough to carry the grains to reach the sea.
How do you use the word along the beach in a sentence?
"He walked along the beach."
Where are the smallest particles located on a beach?
The smallest particles on a beach are found closest to the shoreline and many of those small grains of sand are carried into the sea with the waves. The coarser grains of sand are what actually builds up the beach.
