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EA: WATER_CURRENT_TYPE
EE: LONGSHORE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 4
EA label: WATER_CURRENT_TYPE
Concept definition: Paralleling the <SHORE> largely within the <SURF_ZONE>, caused by the excess <WATER> brought to the zone by the small net mass transport of <WIND_WAVE>s; longshore. A longshore <WATER_CURRENT> is also known as a littoral <WATER_CURRENT>.
 
Reference type: PR
Reference: [S32, "longshore current"]
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