Describe coastal effects of removing sediments from a stream, as is done during mining
What will be an ideal response?
ANSWER: Removal of sediments from a stream often has consequences far from the site of removal, where a river deposits its sediment at the coast. Normally, much of the sediment deposited in the river delta is carried up or down the coast by longshore drift. When the sediment supply is reduced because of gravel mining or an upstream dam, the longshore movement of sediment along the coast continues but is not replenished. Beaches erode and may even disappear. Waves that normally break against the beach then break against the beach-face dunes or sea cliffs, causing severe erosion.?
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Perhaps the most difficult oceanic habitat is/are ____.?
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