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What is the coast?
The coast is where the sea and land meet.
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what is fetch?
the fetch is the length of water the wind blows over, before it meets the coast.
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what is backwash?
the water that rolls back down a beach after a wave has broken.
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what is swash?
when the water rushes up to the top of the beach.
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what is erosion?
wearing away of rock, stones and soil by rivers, waves, the wind or glaciers.
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what is weathering?
the breaking down of rock; it is caused mainly by the weather.
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what is deposit?
to drop material ; waves deposit sand and small stones in sheltered parts of the coast, forming beaches.
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what is transport?
the carrying away of material by rivers, waves, glaciers or wind.
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what is hydraulic action?
the action of water pressure in breaking up rock.
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Card 2

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what is fetch?

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the fetch is the length of water the wind blows over, before it meets the coast.

Card 3

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what is backwash?

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Card 4

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what is swash?

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Card 5

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what is erosion?

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