The correct response is C. longshore drift. Longshore drift describes the process by which sand and sediment are transported along the coastline by the action of waves and currents, contributing to beach erosion and shaping the shoreline.
When a wave reaches a beach or coastline, it releases a burst of energy that generates a current, which runs parallel to the shoreline. This type of current is called a longshore current. The water in a longshore current flows up onto the beach, and back into the ocean, in a sheet formation. This action can cause significant beach erosion called
Responses
A rippingripping
B parallel erosionparallel erosion
C longshore driftlongshore drift
D longshore rip
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