Figure 7. At the eastern end of the beach, large flood and ebb-tidal deltas occur on the ocean and lagoon sides of the tidal inlet, respectively. These form in response to deposition of sediment as tidal currents slow upon entering the ocean on ebb tides and the lagoon on flood tides.

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