He was standing on the foreshore with two of his fellow China traders. This deposition creates a higher, steeper foreshore (zone reworked by wave uprush and backwash) on gravel beaches. Beach users may dislike the coarse, angular sediments, steep foreshore slopes, and high berms that make access difficult.
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