Beach erosion means the gradual wearing away or loss of sand and soil from a beach due to natural processes like waves, currents, and wind.
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«beach»
«erosion»
Sentences with «beach erosion»
- It's the people who built houses on beaches and then supported local policies that cause beach erosion who are unsustainable. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
- The storm surge caused substantial beach erosion, in some cases completely devastating coastal areas. (sciencedaily.com)
- While beach erosion threatens property near the shoreline, it also profoundly influences natural systems that regulate the exchanges of water, nutrients and organisms with the open ocean. (whoi.edu)
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