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littoral drift
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noun
1.
beach drift
.
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littoral drift
, or shore drift, is the process by which beach sediment is moved along the shoreline.
Therefore, it is appropriate and beneficial to dispose of the dredge material back into the natural
littoral drift
of the region.
They more completely interrupt this
littoral drift
than do groins.
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littoral
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