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coastal erosion

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RESEACH PRESENTATION
• Coastal erosion is the wearing a-way of land or the removal of beach
or dune sediments by wave action, currents and tide.
• Beaches are eroded when they lose sediment alongshore or offshore
than they receive from various sources.
• It is a global problem affecting almost every country around the
world having a coastline.
• It is a natural process that can result in the loss of private and public
property and is thus a serious concern to many people who live at the
coast
• It is a dynamic and often complex process
• Coastal erosion is caused by complex interaction of various natural
processes which tend to be intensified by human
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