Geography Coasts

What is the coast?

What is shore?

What are 2 types of waves?

Name four types of erosion?

Define Corrasion

Define Attrition

Define Solution

Define Hydraulic Action

Define Headland

Define Bays

Wave Cut Platform ?

Put these statements into order
*Repeated collapsing results in cliff retreat
forming platform.
*Cliffs start to erode when sea crashes up against cliff.
*Overtime the cliff is undercut and wave cut notch forms.
*The collapsed material is washed away and new notch starts to form.
*Eventually the rock above becomes unstable and collapses

Name 5 sub aerial processes?

What is Traction?

What is Saltation?

Transportation

Long Shore Drift?

Prevailing Wind?

What degree does backwash come to shore and why?

Spits ??

Tombolo?

Bar ?

What causes Tides ?

Coastal Management Issues x 2

Hard Engineering ?

Soft Engineering ?