Geography Coastle Key Terms Flashcards
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Coasts key terms.docx
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Abrasion
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Arch
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Attrition
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Backwash
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Bar
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Bay
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Beach
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nourishmen
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Berm
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Biological
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Definition
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The sandpapering
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effect of pebbles and
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sand grinding over a
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rocks/cliffs eroding
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them away
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An arch of rock formed
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in a headland after a
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cave has eroded all
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the way through
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Rock fragments
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carried by the sea
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knock against each
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other making them
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smaller and more
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rounded
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The action of the wave
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returning back to the
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sea
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A long
narrow finger
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of sand or shingle
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stretching across a
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bay between two
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headlands
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A concave stretch of
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coastline eroded easily
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due to softer
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resistant rock
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Artificially added sand
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or shingle to a beach
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to build it back up
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A ridge of higher sand
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or shingle on a beach
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running parallel to the
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shoreline that indicates
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the high tide mark
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9. The break up of rock
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Teacher notes
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Follows the swash
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The water trapped
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behind a bar is
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known as a
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lagoon.
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Often between two
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headlands The
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rock is often clay
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or sandstone
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Includes re-
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profiling
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Burrowing
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= • 16% L
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