Coastal Landforms

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Clues

  • A blowhole is a vertical shaft that reaches the cliff top (9)
  • A headland consists of 'bands' of less and more resistant rock which alternate next to each other along the coastline. They stick out into the sea and have steep sides (9)
  • A ridge of sand and shingle which has joined two headlands, cutting off a bay (7, 4)
  • A tombolo is a spit that is joined onto an old island to form a tombolo (8)
  • Beaches are landforms that are along a body of water - they usually consist of loose sediment such as sand and shingle (7)
  • Geos are formed from hydraulic action forcing air and water into the joints and faults of a coastline (3, 3, 4, 6)
  • Salt marshes are features of low energy environments, such as estuaries and on the landward side of spits. Salt marshes are vegetated areas of deposited silts and clays. (4, 5)
  • Spits are formed when longshore drift occurs and a salt marsh is created in a low enery zone. The spit stops growing due to a river outlet (3, 3, 5, 6)
  • Tombolos are formed through the process of longshore drift. A spit is formed and continues to grow until it reaches an island, forming a link with the mainland, just like bridges. (3, 3, 8, 6)
  • Undercutting by wave action leads to rockfall, At the base of the cliff. a gently sloping shore platform is cut into the solid rock. (3, 3, 6, 6)

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