Definition of longshore current

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longshore current

The term 'longshore current' as it applies to the area of coastlines can be defined as ' a current located in the surf zone, moving generally parallel to the shoreline, generated by waves breaking at an angle with the shoreline, also called the alongshore current. '.

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