Factoid/2002/09/12
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The Littoral Cell
- "Beach sand starts in the mountains and in the bluffs adjacent to the beach. When you block the river flow with a dam, or divert it with a development, you cut off a beach's upstream supply. When you build a seawall, you cut off the beach's ground supply. Renourishment, shoreline armoring, and relic dams are cumulative problems." (Excerpt from Surfrider's MAKING WAVES article, "Beach Sand at the Base of the Food Chain," at http://surfrider-org.temp-url.com/makingwaves/makingwaves18-4/10-11.pdf )
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