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    A Sand Spit Forms When
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A Sand Spit Forms When

Question 42

Question 42

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A sand spit forms when:


A) a long-shore current speeds up.
B) a long-shore current slows.
C) a turbidity currents flows near a coast.
D) a gyre approaches coasts.

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