Longshore Sediment Transport

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沿岸漂砂輸送 (日本語)
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Diagram of Longshore Drift and Sediment Transport: 1=Land 2=Shoreline 3=Sea 4=Direction of prevailing wind 5=Swash 6=Backwash 7=Direction of longshore current and the sediment movement

Sediment transport along the beach (parallel to the shoreline) caused by longshore currents and/or waves approaching obliquely to the shoreline. See Littoral Drift.

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