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Sand Spits Are Formed from Sand

Question 46

Question 46

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Sand spits are formed from sand


A) carried along the coast by longshore transport.
B) swept up from the seafloor and heaped up along the shore by wave action.
C) swept up from the continental rise.
D) swept into a heap by tidal currents.

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