Wave action works to straighten a coast as wave energy focuses around headlands in a process called
A)tidal bore.
B)breakers.
C)wave refraction.
D)longshore current.

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Wave refraction occurs when waves approach a coast with irregularities, such as headlands, causing the waves to bend and focus their energy around the headlands. This results in erosion on the headlands and sediment deposition in the bays between the headlands, which gradually straightens the coastline. Neither tidal bore nor breakers are processes that straighten a coast. Longshore current can transport sediment along the coast but does not necessarily straighten it.

Wave Action Works to Straighten a Coast as Wave Energy