Coastal enviroments

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Sustainability
Meeting the needs of today without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
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Sediment budget
The relationship between accretion and erosion, which can be used to predict the changing shape of a coastline over time.
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Sub-aerial weathering
The collective name for weathering processes on the Earth's surface (literally at the base of the atmosphere)
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Mass movement
The downward movement of weathered material under the influence of gravity.
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Regolith
The collective name for all of the material weathering produces.
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Flocculation
The process by which a river's load of clays and silts carried in sus
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The relationship between accretion and erosion, which can be used to predict the changing shape of a coastline over time.

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Sediment budget

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The collective name for weathering processes on the Earth's surface (literally at the base of the atmosphere)

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The downward movement of weathered material under the influence of gravity.

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The collective name for all of the material weathering produces.

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