Environmental Engineering Reference
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Fig. 2.1
The various ways in which sand can be supplied by and removed from a beach.
© Geostudies
4. Reduction of sand supply from inland dunes
5. Submergence and increased wave attack
6. Increased wave energy because of increased storminess
7. Losses of beach sediment alongshore
8. A change in the angle of incidence of waves
9. Interception of longshore drift by breakwaters
10. Increased losses of beach sediment to the backshore
11. Beach weathering, including attrition of beach sediment
12. A rise in the beach water table
13. Removal of beach sediment by runoff
