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Keywords: Shoreline, Littoral, Beach, Sediment, Parallel

Related Terms: Atoll, Beach, Bore, Breaker, Foreshore, Inshore, Littoral, Sea, Shoal, Shoaling, Shore, Spit, Strand, Surf, Swash, Tidal Wave, Undertow, Oceanic, Makai, Surf Zone, Tsunami, Barrier Reef, Tidal Bore, Fringing Reef, Beach Erosion, Beach Break, Sand Bar, Rip Current, Longshore Drift, Intertidal, Regression, Backshore, Barrier Beach, Littoral Drift, Pelagic Zone, Fast Ice, Coastal Erosion, Intertidal Zone, Barrier Island, Transgression, Beach Nourishment, Tide Pool, Longshore Current, Raised Beach, Tsunamis, Beach Ridge, Longshore Bar, Riptide, Cuspate Foreland, Coastal Flooding

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The transport of sediment in water parallel to a shoreline.

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sediment transport along the beach (parallel to the shoreline) caused by longshore currents and/or waves breaking at an angle to the shoreline.

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sediment transport down the beach (parallel to the shoreline) caused by longshore currents and/or waves approaching obliquely to the shoreline.

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littoral transport that is parallel to the shoreline

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A wave- and/or tide-generated movement of shallow-water coastal sediments parallel to the shoreline.

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The process by which sediments move along a beach shore by the action of winds and waves hitting the shoreline at an angle; also called shore drift or littoral drift.

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