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it carries sand / sediment along the beach to another point often causing a spit or bar.
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Is longshore drift the cause or effect of a longshore current?
Angled waves create a current that runs parallel to the coatline. As waves repeatedly hit the beach, some of the beach sediment moves down the beach with the 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.
The movement of sand along the beach is called?
long-shore drift
What kind of landforms do long shore drift and long shore currents produce?
Spits are formed when longshore drift travels past a point where the dominant drift direction and shoreline do not veer in the same direction.
What is the effect of changes in sea level on the shoreline?
That depends on the shore ... at a cliff there is little change, on a gentle slope then the "shore" will move quite a bit. And in a place like Florida it wouldn't take much to drown the state.
Is longshore drift the cause or effect of a longshore current?
Angled waves create a current that runs parallel to the coatline. As waves repeatedly hit the beach, some of the beach sediment moves down the beach with the current.
Why does sand long shore current flows towards the equator?
Coriolis effect
What is a long shore current?
A long shore current is sometimes flows along the shore and it also pull people away from the place where they entered the water
How are undertow and long-shore current different?
the water du
How does a long shore current affect the shore?
It erodes the sand then forms a sandbar and moves the sand down the beach
How does longshore current affect the shore?
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What are two ways which a jetty can affect the shore?
jetties can effect a shore by protect beaches by trapping pebbles and sand that normally flow down the cost with the current. But thy can also let the sand left over on the beach erode faster.
What are two ways a jetty can affect a shore?
jetties can effect a shore by protect beaches by trapping pebbles and sand that normally flow down the cost with the current. But thy can also let the sand left over on the beach erode faster.
What do you do if your in a rip current?
Swim parallel to the ocean shore until clear of the current
Is a surface current the currrent near the shore?
yes
Can you swim against a rip current or rip tide and make it back to shore?
No, you should NOT try to you swim against a rip current or rip tide. You will NOT usually make it back to shore. Instead, you should swim perpendicular to the rip. It will carry you down shore, but you'll get to shore safely.
What effect of current is utilised in bulb?
Heating effect of electric current.
