Driftwood on the beach at Sandsend near Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK
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 specimans behind
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Location: Sandsend, Whitby, Yorkshire, England, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © Robert Conley / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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