An eroded groyne on the beach at Sandsend, Yorkshire

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A groyne is a type of sea defence and creates and maintains a wide area of beach or sediment on its updrift side and reduces erosion on the other Here the power of the sea has eroded the groynes leaving only solitary specimens behind

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Size: 3720px × 4650px
Location: Sandsend, nr Whitby, North Yorkshire, UK
Photo credit: © Robert Conley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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