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2007-10-02 19:46:17 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Earth Sciences & Geology

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Beaches are dynamic landforms altered by wind and waves in a continual process of creation and erosion. Seasonal cycles of sand deposition and loss dramatically affect the appearance of beaches from summer to winter. Wide and gently sloping in summer, they become steep-fronted and narrow in winter, and cam vanish overnight, stripped of sand by violent storm waves. Most of the sand removed from winter beaches is deposited in offshore sandbars and is returned to the beach during the mild summer months by gentle swells that push the sand to the exposed shore. River sediments are the source of 80 to 90 per cent of beach sand; some beaches are built to great widths by sediments washed to the sea by episodic floods, gradually eroding until the next major flood replenishes the sand.

2007-10-02 19:54:46 · answer #1 · answered by Kristenite’s Back! 7 · 1 1

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2007-10-02 19:53:34 · answer #2 · answered by Princess 3 · 0 3

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