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Arch |
When a cave is eroded through to the other side. |
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Backwash |
The wave going down a beach. |
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Bar |
A spit that connects two headlands |
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Bay |
Soft rock eroded back. |
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Beach |
Usually found in bays where the waves are constructive. |
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Beach replenishment |
Adding sand to a beach. |
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Blowhole |
A cave eroded upwards by hydraulic action leaving a hole. |
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Cave |
A rounded hole in a headland caused by sea erosion. |
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Constructive waves |
Build up beaches. |
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Destructive waves |
Remove material from the beach. |
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Fetch |
The distance of water the wind blows over. |
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Fjord |
A u-shaped glacial valley flooded by the sea. |
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Groyne |
A man made wall to stop longshore drift. |
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Headland |
Hard rock sticking out into the sea like a finger. |
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Lagoon |
The water trapped between the coast and a bar. |
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Longshore drift |
The movement of material horizontally along a beach. |
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Raised Beach |
An old beach which is above the current sea level due to a drop in
sea level. |
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Rias |
The end of a river valley flooded by a sea. |
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Rock armour |
A large barrier of rocks to reduce impact of waves. |
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Rock barrier |
Built out in the sea to make the waves break earlier. |
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Sea wall |
An artificial sea defence. |
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Slumping |
When a cliff falls down. |
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Spit |
Long ridges of sand sticking out into the sea. They are the result
of longshore drift. |
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Stack |
Left behind when a roof of an arch collapses. |
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Stump |
An eroded stack. |
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Swash |
The wave going up a beach. |
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Tombolos |
A spit joining a mainland with an island. |
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Wave-cut notch |
The shape left at the bottom of the cliff due to erosion by the sea. |
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Wave-cut platform |
The platform left behind by the erosion of a cliff. |
