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What are currents within the surf zone that flow parallel to the shore called?
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∙ 15y ago
These currents are called LongShore or Feeder Currents.
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What are currents within the surf zone that flow parallel to the shore?
Longshore currents
What are two kinds of near-shore currents?
What are two kinds of near shore currents
What is a ridge of sand that runs parallel to the shore called?
A 'sand bar'.
What is a current that travels near and parallel to the shore line?
A current that runs parallel to the shoreline is called a rip tide or rip current.
How are beach erosion made?
beach erosion is caused by the movement of ocean currents along the shoreline, and by wave action. As an ocean current moves parallel to the shore, it will carry away sediment. Wave action also does this, kind of similarly to currents.
Along what does longshore currents transport sediment?
Waves approach a shore obliquely (at an angle) due to the effects or the tides, currents the coriolis effect etc. and then retreat due to gravity straight. A good analogue is to roll a marble up a slope at an angle; it will fall more linearly on its return. Hope this helps.
What are the strong and hazardous sea currents called which push away from the shore when a large storm is near?
Tide rip
What affects do water waves and currents have on beaches?
waves and currents make the shore bigger
What is called a barrier built at a right angle to the beach for the purpose of trapping sand that is moving parallel to the shore?
groins
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.
What transports most of the sediment in the beach environment?
Longshore Currents transport most sediment along the shore of beaches, according to my science book. .
What is the deposit of sediments parallel to the shore?
beach
