Santa barbars and Oxnard California, both lie withing the santa barbars littoral

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Santa barbars and Oxnard California, both lie withing the santa barbars littoral cell. However, the amount of sand being transported by the longshore current at oxnard is more than 3 times that of what is observed at santa barbara. What accounts for the greater amount of sand being transported by the littoral cell at oxnard?

a. santa barbars is protected by a barrier island. this reduced the energy of the waves and diminshes the littoral drift in this area

b the beach thins at oxnard forcing sand to floe faster in this area

c. the santa clara river delivers an abundance if sand just west of oxnard

d. there are much stronger waves at oxnard. this creates a much stronger longshore current at oxnard that at santa barbars. as a result, more sand is transported/

Explanation / Answer

In case of santa barbara beach and oxnard california beach the main reason for the more amount of sand being transported at oxnard california than sant barbara beach is due to the more stronger waves at oxnard that creates more stronger current that help in transporting more sand .

option d is correct.

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