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longshore currents

When a wave reaches a beach or coastline, it releases a burst of energy that generates a current, which runs parallel to the shoreline. This type of current is called a “longshore current.”
Source: https://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/tutorial_currents/03coastal2.html
Created: 2/24/20
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nearshore currents (en)

Created: 2024-02-15T18:35:42Z

التيارات الشاطئية الطويلة

Arabic
Created: 2023-09-27T15:42:42Z

沿岸流

Chinese
Created: 2024-12-17T13:32:39

courant littoral

French
Created: 2020-08-24T08:24:30

Küstenlängsströmung

German
Created: 2020-12-04T11:26:42Z

Correnti litoranee

Italian
Created: 2020-12-04T11:26:42Z

Correnti lungo costa
Created: 2023-03-03T09:22:34

вдольбереговые течения

Russian
Created: 2023-03-03T09:23:00

течения вдоль берега
Created: 2024-07-03T11:24:42Z

Corriente litoral

Spanish
Created: 2024-11-24T20:04:41

mikondo ya pwani ndefu

Swahili
Created: 2020-04-16T14:51:22.286+02:00

kıyı boyu akıntısı

Turkish

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