Which consequence arises when a coastal engineering project disrupts longshore drift?

💡 Explanation

Disrupting the natural longshore drift sediment transport causes down-drift starvation, because sediment deposition ceases downstream; therefore, increased erosion dominates, rather than the continued equilibrium that natural drift sustains through sediment replenishment.

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