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Beach management
replaces beach/cliff material that has been removed by erosion or longshore drift, requires constant maintenance to replace the beach material as it is washed away.
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Managed Retreat
areas of the coast are allowed to erode & flood naturally, this will be areas that are considered to be of low value, encourages the development of beaches & salt marshes.
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Transportation
Waves can approach the beach at an angle as of the direction of the prevailing wind, swash of the waves carries material up the beach at an angle, backwash then flows back to the sea in a straight line at 90degrees
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LongshoreDrift
This process continued transports material sideways along the coast = longshore drift & occurs in a zigzag.
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How a spit is formed
Longshore drift moves large amounts of material along the beach, more material is carried & spit grows gradually, waves may approach the land from a different direction & material will then be pushed inward causing the hook. When the wind changes dir
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Managed Retreat

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areas of the coast are allowed to erode & flood naturally, this will be areas that are considered to be of low value, encourages the development of beaches & salt marshes.

Card 3

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Transportation

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Card 4

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LongshoreDrift

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Card 5

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How a spit is formed

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