A long, narrow stretch of land that extend out to sea. Mud flats/salt marshes may develop in the sheltered area behind a spit, an example is Chesil beach in Dorset. Sandy spit formed by = CONSTRUCTIVE WAVES, shingle spit = DESTRUCTIVE WAVES
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Bars
Formed where a spit joins two headlands together. This can occur across a bay or a river mouth. A lagoon forms behind a bar
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Tombolo
A bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland
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Cuspate Forelands
Can be described as triangular beaches. Formed by longshore drift operation on a coastline from two different directions. The two sets of storm waves build up a series of ridges, each protecting the material behind it = triangular feature
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Beaches
Material from cliffs, humans, rivers. Formed by coastal deposition.
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Formed where a spit joins two headlands together. This can occur across a bay or a river mouth. A lagoon forms behind a bar
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Bars
Card 3
Front
A bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland
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Card 4
Front
Can be described as triangular beaches. Formed by longshore drift operation on a coastline from two different directions. The two sets of storm waves build up a series of ridges, each protecting the material behind it = triangular feature
Back
Card 5
Front
Material from cliffs, humans, rivers. Formed by coastal deposition.
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