Geography 0.0 / 5 ? FunFunNone Created by: anya25Created on: 13-05-15 14:14 Attrition When waves smash and break up into each other and get smoother. 1 of 6 Hydraulic Action Air gets trapped in joints and cracks of a cliff face and when a wave breaks, the air is compressed and the coast gets weaker. 2 of 6 Abrasion/Corrasion When waves pick up beach material and hurl them at the base of the cliff. 3 of 6 Corrosion Acids contained in sea water will dissolve some types of rock such as chalk or limestone. 4 of 6 Longshore drift The process by which beach material is transported along the coast by the action of waves. 5 of 6 Coastal erosion The wearing away of land and the removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, drainage or high winds. 6 of 6
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