Shingle Wash

Morning dew settles on little stones that crowd the shoreline just moments before another ocean wave comes along to crash upon the the pebbly beach. At this hour the critters are all still asleep in their holes beneath the sand or nestled between patches of grass upon one of the giant round dunes. Only the ocean is forever moving, keeping the rhythm of the world from falling into lonely eternal silence. A shingle wash is a beach which is covered with pebbles or small- to medium-sized cobbles. Typically, the stone composition may range from two to 200 mm diameter. The ecosystems formed by this unique association of rock and sand allow colonization by a variety of rare and endangered species. Shingle beaches are typically steep, because the waves easily flow through the coarse, porous surface of the beach, decreasing the effect of backwash erosion and increasing the formation of sediment into a steeply sloping beach. This sound uses the following file from Freesound: http://www.freesound.org/samplesViewSingle.php?id=104674