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what is swash? |
the water washed up the beach by the wave is swash
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what is backwash?
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the wash that runs back down the beach is backwash
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explain the properties of a construcive waves
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-With a constructive wave, the swash is stronger than the backwash
-created in calm weather , less destructive -leave material so rebuids beaches -long swash -low in height |
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explain the properties of a destructive waves
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-With a destructive wave, the backwash is stronger than the swash.
-created in storm conditions -hppen when fetch is long -erode coast -high and steep |
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what is longshore drift?
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-happens along coastline
-longshore drift is how material is trasnsported along its coastline |
