Longshore Sediment Transport
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Longshore Sediment Transport (English)
沿岸漂砂輸送 (日本語)
Transporte de sedimentos litoral (Español)
Transport de sédiments littoraux (Français)
Longshore Sediment Transport (English)
沿岸漂砂輸送 (日本語)
Transporte de sedimentos litoral (Español)
Transport de sédiments littoraux (Français)
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.