Describe how construction of groins and jetties affect adjacent beaches
What will be an ideal response?
Groins are walls built perpendicular to the shoreline to trap sediment being moved by longshore current, which widens the beach on the up-current of the groin. Sediment supply down-current of the groin is reduced, so erosion in this area is accelerated. Jetties function in the same way, but stabilize the location of an inlet. Beaches up-current of a jetty accumulate sediment whereas those down-current of the jetty are sediment-starved and subject to wave and current erosion.
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