a stretch along the coast that has been exposed by the sea by a relative fall in sea levels.
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Raised Beaches
Gruinard Bay:
- Western Scotland
- Clear ledge in the bay
Isle of Arran:
- 30m long
- 15m high
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Wave-cut Platforms
California:
- Much of coast is emergent and characterised by terraces.
- Each has a former beach and wave eroded cliff evidence to uplift the coast.
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Submergent Coastlines
are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels.
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Rias
South Devon:
- Coastline has a number of elongated drowned valleys.
- Mouth of Rias are good harbours - e.g. Falmouth and Dartmouth.
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Fjords
South-West Norway:
- During ice age, landscape glaciated.
- They took over river valleys and deepened and enlarged them.
- Glaciers melted and sea levels rises.
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Dalmation Coasts
Croatia:
- Adriatic coast characterised by many islands running parallel to the shore.
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Other cards in this set
Card 2
Front
Gruinard Bay:
- Western Scotland
- Clear ledge in the bay
Isle of Arran:
- 30m long
- 15m high
Back
Raised Beaches
Card 3
Front
California:
- Much of coast is emergent and characterised by terraces.
- Each has a former beach and wave eroded cliff evidence to uplift the coast.
Back
Card 4
Front
are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels.
Back
Card 5
Front
South Devon:
- Coastline has a number of elongated drowned valleys.
- Mouth of Rias are good harbours - e.g. Falmouth and Dartmouth.
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