Under the Ouse Navigation Act ( 1790 ), a western breakwater was constructed to arrest longshore drift and so cut off the supply of shingle to the spit.
42.
The Point was formed by longshore drift and this movement continues westward; the spit lengthened by 132.1 m ( 433 ft ) between 1886 and 1925.
43.
As the hapua is located in the Canterbury Bight it is in a state of constant morphological change due to the prevailing southerly sea swells and resultant northwards longshore drift.
44.
This led to the silting up of the river mouth by the action of longshore drift; the town was then forced into making artificial breakwaters to keep the port in being.
45.
Beyond Llanystumdwy it heads for the coast and Tremadog Bay ) . } } Its mouth has been diverted eastwards for more than 1 km by a spit resulting from longshore drift.
46.
Groynes and other artificial measures to keep it under control has only accelerated the process further down the coast, because longshore drift starves the beaches of sand, leaving them more exposed.
47.
As an example, the creation of a port in Timaru, New Zealand in the late 19th century led to a significant change in the longshore drift along the South Canterbury coastline.
48.
The Sussex coast has always suffered from occasional violent storms; with the additional hazard of longshore drift ( the eastward movement of shingle along the coast ), the coastline has been frequently changing.
49.
The structuring of tidal inlets is also important for longshore drift as if an inlet is unstructured sediment may by pass the inlet and form bars at the down-drift part of the coast.
50.
The system underwent further changes c . 500 year BP, when longshore drift from the eastern end of the spit system created the barrier, which has been retained due to ongoing longshore transport.
How to say longshore drift in Hindi and what is the meaning of longshore drift in Hindi? longshore drift Hindi meaning, translation, pronunciation, synonyms and example sentences are provided by Hindlish.com.
