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Waves going back and fourth.
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Is the white cliffs of dover a destructive beach?
...... because the beach has a ..... swash and a ........ backwash.
What is the difference between swash and backwash?
Swash is when the waves comes towards the beach/land.Backwash is the opposite - it moves away from the beach/land.
What is the back swash?
if you mean backwash (the opposite to swash) its the water of a wave travelling back down a beach, transporting beach material, due to gravitational forces :)
What happens when swash is more powerful than backwash?
then the backwash will be slower and weaker and the swash will just stay
What is a swash?
Swash is when the water of the sea moves up the beach/land. Backwash is when the water of the sea moves away from the beach/sand.
What is a constructive wave?
A constructive wave is a powerful wave that surges up the beach with a powerful swash. This is the forward movement of the wave up the beach. It has a weak backwash, which is the backward movement of water down a beach when a wave has broken. Characteristics are: .swash is stronger than the backwash. .Has a low gradient. .Has low energy. .Produces gentle beach profile .Other names are: storm, surfing or plunging waves. .Typical off the SW coast of the UK.
Waves that causes matter to move back and fouth?
swash and backwash
How are constructive formed?
When waves of long wave length and low height approach a gently sloping beach, the ellipse becomes horizontal. When the waves break, the swash sweeps up the beach as a sheet of water often reaching the upper beach. Most of the swash soaks into the beach which means that there is very little backwash. Waves of this type are called constructive or spilling waves.
What kind of wave produces a swash stronger than a backwash?
a constructive wave
What happens in a wave?
Destructive waves happen when the backwash is stronger than the swash. =)
What is swash in geography?
A swash is the rush of seawater up on the beach after the breaking of a wave.
What is the different between swash an backswash?
Swash is movement of water up the beach whereas backswash is movement of water down the beach.
