Geography Coasts

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What is the name of the process that moves sediment along a coastline?
Longshore drift
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What does the secondary wind do?
Curve the tip of a spit
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What is hydraulic action?
Water expanding cracks in rock
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Define weathering?
The breaking down of rock in situ
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Case study for... multi use area
Dubai
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Case study for... protecting fragile ecosystems
SMMA
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Case study for... HCCASS
Old Harry's Rocks, Dorset
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Case study for... bars
Slapton Sands, Devon
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What does the secondary wind do?

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Curve the tip of a spit

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What is hydraulic action?

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Define weathering?

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Case study for... multi use area

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