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Also called [[littoral transport]]
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{{Definition|title= Littoral drift |definition= Littoral drift or '''longshore sediment transport''' is the term used for the longshore transport of sediments (mainly sand), along the upper [[shoreface]] due to the action of breaking and [[longshore current]]s.  }}
  
{{Definition|title= Littoral drift |definition= Littoral transport is the term used for the transport of non-cohesive sediments, i.e. mainly sand, along the foreshore and the shoreface due to the action of the breaking waves and the longshore current. The littoral transport is also called the longshore transport or the littoral drift.}}
 
  
==See also==
 
  
Taken from an article called [[Definitions of coastal terms]]
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==Related articles==
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:[[Littoral drift and shoreline modelling]]
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:[[Shallow-water wave theory]]
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:[[Human causes of coastal erosion]]
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:[[Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes]]
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:[[Classification of sandy coastlines]]

Latest revision as of 19:05, 30 March 2021

Definition of Littoral drift:
Littoral drift or longshore sediment transport is the term used for the longshore transport of sediments (mainly sand), along the upper shoreface due to the action of breaking and longshore currents.
This is the common definition for Littoral drift, other definitions can be discussed in the article


Related articles

Littoral drift and shoreline modelling
Shallow-water wave theory
Human causes of coastal erosion
Coastal Hydrodynamics And Transport Processes
Classification of sandy coastlines