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longshore drift

longshore drift

noun

  1. the process whereby beach material is gradually shifted laterally as a result of waves meeting the shore at an oblique angle
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of longshore drift1

First recorded in 1950–55
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Example Sentences

Longshore drift - the movement of material along a coastline by waves - has taken protective sand and shingle westwards and exposed the cliffs say geologists.

From BBC

This natural process is called “longshore drift.”

In some cases, building up one area of a beach causes erosion in other places because the natural wave action — the longshore drift — is interrupted.

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