Geography - Coasts Crossword

A wordsearch with various coastal geography terms

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Where rock pieces move against another rock and wear it away
Abrasion
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Where the sea has worn a hole right through a cliff so the cliff looks like a bridge.
Arch
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A man-made barrier built across a beach (from the back of the beach down into the sea).
Groyne
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Where an area of land sticks out into the sea. Usually made of hard rocks and have cliffs at their edges.
Headland
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A barrier or bank of sand or shingle built by the sea. Often partly across the mouth of an estuary.
Spit
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A lump of rock sticking out of the sea, usually near to the coast.
Stack
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the movement of material along a coast by waves which approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it.
Longshore drift
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due to the action of water. In geography, a process of erosion whereby flowing water moves unconsolidated material due to forces of drag.
Hydraulic action
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a process of erosion where the collisions between parts of the load lead to comminution.
Attrition
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Another term for abrasion
Corrasion
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Where the sea has worn a hole right through a cliff so the cliff looks like a bridge.

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Arch

Card 3

Front

A man-made barrier built across a beach (from the back of the beach down into the sea).

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Where an area of land sticks out into the sea. Usually made of hard rocks and have cliffs at their edges.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

A barrier or bank of sand or shingle built by the sea. Often partly across the mouth of an estuary.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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