Revision Recape - coasts

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Steep waves, break onto gentle-sloping beaches and spills gently.
Spilling Waves
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Moderately steep wave, breaks onto steep beaches, plunges vertically downwards into beach with breaking waves.
Plunging Waves
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Low-angle Waves, breaks onto steep beaches, doesn't always break when moved into beach.
Surging Waves.
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The movement of materials such as snow, rocks, dirt, mud etc. Down a slope under the influence of gravity.
Mass movement.
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No inputs or outputs. An example is sediment cells of England and Wales.
Closed system.
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Inputs such as weathering, mass movement, marine sediment, (thermal/kinetic/potential) energy etc. As well as outputs (evaporation and erosion).
Open system.
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Water in trough with front developing = move to trough, slightly dragged by advance. Back to back of trough = original position.
Wave behavior.
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Increase in speed and fetch of wave increases it's...
Height and length
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Card 2

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Moderately steep wave, breaks onto steep beaches, plunges vertically downwards into beach with breaking waves.

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Plunging Waves

Card 3

Front

Low-angle Waves, breaks onto steep beaches, doesn't always break when moved into beach.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

The movement of materials such as snow, rocks, dirt, mud etc. Down a slope under the influence of gravity.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

No inputs or outputs. An example is sediment cells of England and Wales.

Back

Preview of the front of card 5
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