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Beaches Are Ever-Changing, Restless Armies of Sand Particles
- "A beach responds with great sensitivity to the forces that act upon it -- waves, currents, winds. It is a deposit of material in transit, either alongshore or off- and onshore. The importnat thought in the definition is that of motion, for beaches are ever-changing, restless armies of sand particles, always on the move." - excerpt from the book, Waves and Beaches, by Willard Bascom, Anchor Books, 1984, pg. 249.
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