Longshore drift
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Longshore drift from longshore current is a geological process that consists of the transportation of sediments along a coast parallel to the shoreline, which is dependent on the angle of incoming wav
Provincetown Spit, at the northern end of Cape Cod, was formed by longshore drift after the end of the last Ice age.
Kaitorete Spit in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand's southern island.
Arcachon Bay in Southwest France.
Timber groyne from Swanage Bay, UK
Spit (landform)
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A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores. It develops in places where re-entrance occurs, such as at a cove's headlands, by the process of longshore drift by
Longshore drift
…This section consists of features of longshore drift that occur on a coast where long-shore drift occurs uninterrupted by man-made structures. Spits are formed when longshore drift travels past a point (e.g. river mouth or re-entrant) where the dominant drift direction and shoreline do not veer in…
Curonian Spit, divided between Russia and Lithuania
Curonian Spit, Russia
Farewell Spit, on New Zealand's South Island
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