Multiple Choice
Which of the following best describes the littoral zone?
A) It spans the water and the wetted portion of the beach.
B) Landward,it extends to the highest waterline reached during a tidal cycle.
C) Generally,it only includes the foreshore area of coastal environments.
D) Seaward it extends to where water is too deep for storm waves to move sediments.
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