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They affect shorelines because, they cause erosion so it causes the beach or island to shrink
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 12y agoWaves and currents cause erosion. This is often barely noticable, but in some areas can be very dramatic.
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What do you call the area where the shoreline is made up of material deposited by waves?
Much of the coarser sediment material supplied by rivers settles out near shorelines or on beaches.
How are waves measured?
It depends, if you mean light or sound waves, for example, there are a variety of factors to be measured: The length of a wave from peak to peak is represented with lambda. You can also measure velocity of a wave (how fast and in what direction it is moving). Frequency of light effects the color of the light, and frequency of sound effects its pitch.
What does Hz stand for and what does it measure?
Hertz, a frequency measurement unit equal to one cycle per second.
What is the name given to the current that transfers hot air from a radiator?
I think you mean a convection current. A convection current is the movement of fluids (gases and liquids) caused by density changes in various parts of the fluid. But a convection current can occur only from where the air output is present.( eg: Top of the radiator. ) The heat that you feel from the sides is due to IR waves (Radiation). Radiation can travel through an medium, and even without a medium, because of the fact that travels in the form of IR waves. Hope this helped! :-)
Longshore current and longshore drift?
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.
When waves crash against rocks on coasts or shorelines?
on shorelines
How do waves change shorelines?
Waves, especially during severe storms, erode shorelines by washing away sand, rocks and soil.
What can erosion by waves destroy?
sandy shorelines
The constant action of waves is a major source of erosion along shorelines?
waves
When may a storm not produced high-energy waves?
During storms,large, high-energy waves can erode the shore very quickly. These waves can break off large chunks of rock. Many of the features of shorelines are shaped by storm waves.
Is the constant action of waves a major source of erosion along shorelines?
Yes
How do waves change?
Waves, especially during severe storms, erode shorelines by washing away sand, rocks and soil.
Do headlands or bays or regular shorelines experience more erosion?
headlands will experience the most, because they are the line of least resistance (sticking out into the sea) and will catch the full force of the waves, as opposed to the bays and shorelines they shelter.
What is the name of a strong current?
A strong current can also be called a rip tide. They are dangerous underlying currents that can exist along shorelines.
What are facts about shorelines?
Shorelines are along the shore
What are sandy beaches formed by?
They are formed by waves that crash onto shorelines. They carry smalls rocks and stones that have been broken down by the process of "erosion"
How are shorelines formed?
Shorelines are formed when a body of water and land separate.
