What Is the Swash Zone

question 36

Multiple Choice

What is the swash zone?

• A) Where waves break
• B) Between the surf zone and the breaker zone
• C) Where the longshore bar forms
• D) Where the waves surge up the beach and then flow back towards the ocean
• E) Where the highest tides reach

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