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Adur - The Adur Estuary - SAC - 90 - 1951-2 (3297 words) |
 | Adur - The Adur Estuary - SAC - 90 - 1951-2 |
| Though work has been done on the estuary of the Adur, it is the object of this paper to put forward new evidence, and to use it to offer a fresh interpretation of the problem and, by implication, of the origin of the coastal features of Sussex as a whole. |
| The action of the waves, dragging down the shingle of the beach on one wave and throwing it up on the next, has the effect, on a coast where the winds are derived dominantly from the west and south-west, of driving the beach material slowly east in a zigzag motion along the shore. |
| Adur - definition of Adur in Encyclopedia (91 words) |
| Adur is a local government district of West Sussex in England. |
| It was created on April 1, 1974 by the merger of Southwick and Shoreham urban districts and part of Worthing Rural District. |
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