Which outcome occurs when intense wave action redirects longshore drift?

💡 Explanation

Spit formation occurs because wave refraction causes sediment deposition across an embayment, driven by longshore drift, therefore a spit forms rather than uniform beach expansion or dune stabilization because the sediment is focused by wave energy into a linear feature.

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