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longshore drift

geological process by which sediments move along a beach shore
Class type of: motion Q1938255
longshore drift
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Facts

3 properties
Instance of
natural phenomenon
Subclass of
motion[2]
Class of object(s) of occurrence
coastline[3]
🏷️ Also known as
en longshore drift de Strandversetzung es Deriva litoral fa جریان موازی ساحل fr dérive littorale fr Dérive littorale he זרם אורך חופי ja 漂砂 ko 연안 표류 ms Hanyutan susur pesisir nl brandingsstroom pt Deriva litorânea ru дрейф береговой линии tr Kıyı boyu sürüklenme zh 沿岸流 zh 沿岸漂砂
🔖 Identifiers · 9
OpenAlex ID
C197631562
Australian Educational Vocabulary ID
scot/2307
Elhuyar ZTH ID
009817
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/longshore-current
Freebase ID
/m/01rdzb
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
deriva-litoral
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0174565
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
197631562
NDL Authority ID
00563861
📚 Sources · 1
  • ndl_authorities as of 2026-10-01 · 1 statement · pdl-1.0 data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)

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Library of Congress Authorities IDP244
sh85077715 2026-10-01 ndl_authorities (pdl-1.0) as of 2026-10-01
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Source
ndl_authorities
Edition
20261001 · as of 2026-10-01 · newer edition 20261103 landed
Licence
pdl-1.0
Credit
data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
Bronze
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data obtained from Web NDL Authorities (National Diet Library)
🔗 Connections
Class of object(s) of occurrence 1
coastline
Instance of 1
natural phenomenon
Subclass of 1
motion
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Summary

longshore drift is a natural phenomenon[1].

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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