向こう岸がん流りゅう

noun

onshore current; current flowing toward the shore

Technical oceanographic term for a current moving from the open sea toward the land. Often contrasted with 離岸流 (りがんりゅう, rip current).

See also: 離岸流 (りがんりゅう)

• 向こう岸がん流りゅうは、沖おきから岸きしに向むかって流ながれる海かい流りゅうです。

  An onshore current is a current that flows from the open sea toward the shore.

• この海かい岸がんでは、向こう岸がん流りゅうによって砂すなが運はこばれてくる。

  On this coast, sand is carried in by the onshore current.