At The Beach

The days of letting your feet press against the warm sand seem to slip away like a dream. Watching your family frolic in the ocean froth washed up on shore is the blessed bounty that your years of hard work have managed to pay back. Take in the sun and swallow the fading few breaths of fresh ocean air left in this vacation. Beaches are the result of wave action by which waves or currents move sand or other loose sediments of which the beach is made as these particles are held in suspension. Alternatively, sand may be moved by saltation (a bouncing movement of large particles). Beach materials come from erosion of rocks offshore, as well as from headland erosion and slumping producing deposits of scree. Some of the whitest sand in the world, along Florida's Emerald Coast, comes from the erosion of quartz in the Appalachian Mountains. A coral reef offshore is a significant source of sand particles. There are several beaches which are claimed to be the "World's longest", including Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh (120 km unbroken), Praia do Cassino, Fraser Island beach, 90 Mile Beach in Australia and 90 Mile Beach in New Zealand (88 km), Troia-Sines Beach (63 km) in Portugal and Long Beach, Washington (which is about 40 km). This sound uses the following file from: http://www.soundsnap.com/praia_vermelha_urca_rebentacao_bg_helicoptero_e_jato_areia_criancas_vozerio