Multiple Choice
When people go surfing or swimming along a coast, they often find-after spending time in the water-that they are no longer in the area in which they first entered the water. In other words, they find that they have moved downshore, even though they did not deliberately move in that direction. This occurs because of
A) tsunamis.
B) beach drift.
C) longshore currents.
D) tidal currents.
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