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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 this science definition. Sixth grade level. Water that runs along the shore caused by waves colliding with the shore at slight angle?
either erosion, the act of moving broken rock/sand, or weathering, the actual breaking of rock
What type of fault created the Rio Grande Rift Valley?
A rift valley is a graben. A German word. A graben geological structure in cross section looks like a V with a wide bottom, more like a U with sloped sides. The earth is pulled apart creating normal faults on either side and the center part sinks. The opposite structure, where the center rises is called a horst. Look up graben on wikipedia.
What is the huge underwater mountain ranges that are presented in every ocean and circled earth?
The mid ocean ridge is the under water moutain chain that runs in 3 of the main oceans
From where a creek runs into a lake and out to the middle of that lake in what order would you most likely find the three basic types of clastic sedimentary rock?
shale in the middle sandstone near the start and conglomerate on the shore
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 do you spell waft correctly meaning a dock?
A "wharf" is the part that runs parallel to the shore.
What is a line called that runs parallel to the equater?
A Parallel of Latitude
The long ridge that runs along the front of the tibia is called the?
This long ridge of the tibia is called the anterior crest or anterior border. See link below:
What is it called when DNA runs in opposite directions?
anti parallel
What mountain range runs parallel to the Mediterranean sea from Lebanon into syria?
The mountain range that runs parallel to the Mediterranean Sea from Lebanon into Syria is the Lebanese Mountains called Mount Lebanon.
What mountain range runs parallel into the Mediterranean sea from Lebanon into Syria?
The mountain range that runs parallel to the Mediterranean Sea from Lebanon into Syria is the Lebanese Mountains called Mount Lebanon.
Ridge that runs through the Atlantic Ocean?
It is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge.
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.
A long chain of submarine volcanic mountains that runs through the world ocean is called the?
mid-ocean ridge
What is the bone next to the humerus called?
The humerus is the bone in your upper arm. There is no other bone that runs parallel to it.
What mountain range runs parallel to the Atlantic Ocean?
The Mid-Atlantic Ridge, part of the longest mountain range in the world, runs through the Atlantic Ocean from north to south. Iceland, Saint Helen's, and the Azores are located on this mountain chain.
