You are body surfing in modest waves that are breaking just offshore.A particularly big one catches you off guard,flips you over and over,and deposits you on the shore.As you lie there in the sand,you think,hey,I just landed on ________.
A)the backshore
B)the beachface
C)a coastal dune
D)a nearshore bar (not the kind that serves drinks)

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The beachface refers to the steeply sloping zone between the berm (the area of sand thrown up by waves) and the shoreline where waves wash back and forth. This is where the wave would have deposited you after flipping you over. The backshore is the flatter zone above the high tide line, a coastal dune is a mound of sand held together by vegetation, and a nearshore bar is a submerged or partially exposed line of sand or gravel that runs parallel to the shore.

You Are Body Surfing in Modest Waves That Are Breaking