SCIENCE
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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local surface currents
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melt water currents
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mid-level currents
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deepwater currents
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Detailed explanation-1: -Local Surface Currents Two are longshore currents and rip currents. Longshore currents move water and sediment parallel to the shore. They move in the direction of the prevailing local winds.
Detailed explanation-2: -Longshore and rip currents are currents caused by wave action. Longshore currents are caused by waves approaching the shoreline at an angle. This pattern pushes the water in the surf zone along the beach.
Detailed explanation-3: -As longshore currents move on and off the beach, “rip currents” may form around low spots or breaks in sandbars, and also near structures such as jetties and piers.
Detailed explanation-4: -A longshore current, sometimes called a cross current, lateral current or Littoral current, flows parallel to the coastline. Everyone who has been in the water at the beach has experienced one.