沿えん岸がん流りゅう

noun

coastal current; littoral current; alongshore current

Oceanographic term for a current flowing parallel to the shoreline, typically within the surf zone.

• 沿えん岸がん流りゅうによって砂すなが運はこばれる。

  Sand is transported by the coastal current.

• この海かい域いきの沿えん岸がん流りゅうは季き節せつによって向むきが変かわる。

  The direction of the coastal current in this area changes with the seasons.