Coasts Key Words

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Pressure of the water being thrown against the cliffs
Hydraulic Action
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Sand and pebbles carried within the wave are thrown against the cliff face
Corrasion
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Chemical reaction between rock types and the salt and other acids in the seawater. Evident on limestone and chalk cliffs.
Corrosion
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The wearing away of boulders in the sea.
Attrition
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The movement of material along a beach
Longshore drift
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A wave which takes material from a beach
Destructive
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A wave which deposits material on a beach
Constructive
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The most common wind
Prevailing wind
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The steepness of a beach
Gradient
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Formed when a soft rock type is inbetween two hard rock types
Bay
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Formed when a arch collapses
Stack
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Formed when a stack becomes smaller
Stump
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When LSD connects the mainland with an island
Tombolo
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When LSD continues when there is no beach
Spit
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When a spit joins two headlands to form a lagoon
Bar
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How far a wave has travelled
Fetch
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Formed when waves attack the bottom of a cliff
Wave-cut notch
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Management techniques which enharnce the landscape
Soft engineering
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Management techniques which dramatically change a landscape
Hard engineering
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A block of concrete placed on a sea bed to disipate the waves energy
Offshore reef
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Little rocks in cages used to stop cliff erosion
Gabions
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Big boulders place at the bottom of a cliff
Rip rap
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A wall built to protect cliffs
Seawall
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When the angle of a cliff is changed
Cliff regrading
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When councils do nothing to stop coastal erosion
Manage retreat
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Card 2

Front

Sand and pebbles carried within the wave are thrown against the cliff face

Back

Corrasion

Card 3

Front

Chemical reaction between rock types and the salt and other acids in the seawater. Evident on limestone and chalk cliffs.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The wearing away of boulders in the sea.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

The movement of material along a beach

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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