swash zone

swash zone
   The sloping part of the beach that is alternately covered and uncovered by the uprush of waves, and where longshore movement of water occurs in a zigzag (upslope-downslope) manner.
   Compare: shoreline.
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Glossary of landform and geologic terms. 2013.

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