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Over the course of 130 years, a lighthouse “moved” closer and closer to the beach. Of course, the lighthouse didn’t travel – it was the beach that moved! What natural force could cause this beach to move further and further inland? Explain your answer in at least three sentences.

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Wind, waves and currents are natural forces that easily move the unconsolidated sand and soils in the coastal area, resulting in rapid changes in the position of the shoreline. Excluding the impact of human activity, these processes are simply natural evolutionary phenonema.

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