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O laln Lhe dlfferenL coasLal rocesses
O laln formaLlon of varlous coasLal landforms and feaLures
O valuaLe Lhe success of coasLal roLecLlon measures
WhaL ls a coasL?
A coasL ls Lhe zone where Lhe land meeLs and lnLeracLs wlLh Lhe sea
1he maln coasLal rocesses are eroslon LransorLaLlon and deoslLlon
Waves are rlslng and falllng movemenL of Lhe waLer surface Lhey are roduced when wlnd moves across
surface of sea or oceans
Factors affecting wave energy.
Wave slze deends on wlnd seed and Lhe feLch (dlsLance LhaL Lhe wlnd blow across oen sea)
lasLer wlnd seed + Longer Lhe feLch more owerful waves
1ye of waves ConsLrucLlve uesLrucLlve
Aearance Small low Large hlgh
Wave lengLh and wave helghL Long wave lengLh small wave
helghL
ShorLer wave lengLh greaLer
wave helghL
Wave erlod and wave breaklng
erlods
Less frequenL wave erlod More frequenL wave backwash
erlod
CharacLerlsLlcs O More owerful swash
Lhan backwash
O Waves LhaL can bulld u
coasLs and found on
genLle cosLal sloes
O More blackwash Lhan
swash
O rodes coasLs and found
on sLee coasLal sloes
Factors affecting coastal erosion
,;0 typ0 d08tructi;0 w,;08 0roding co,8t
o,8t po8ition !rotrud0d co,8t lin0 g0t 0rod0d 0,8i0r (h0,dl,nd)
#ock n,tur0 088 r08i8t,nt rock8 or with mor0 lin08 oI w0,kn088 g0t8 0rod0d 0,8i0r
lim,t0 8trong pr0;,iling on8hor0 wind8 0ncour,g0 0ro8ion
um,n int0rI0r0nc0 o,8t,l d0I0n808 lik0 80,w,ll8 r0duc0 0ro8ion. !l,nting ;0g0t,tion c,n
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Swash rushes up shore d|agona||y and depos|t sed|ments 8ackwash retreats stra|ght down carry
sed|ments w|th |t because of grav|ty and fr|ct|on
Mov|ng |n a z|gzag mot|onbeach dr|ft|ng
8each dr|ft|ng+ |ongshore current |ongshore dr|ft

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A sheIfered coosf.
ShoIIow offshore wofer
Lighf wind shorf fefches
SmoII genfIe woves.
n bri0I, w0,k, 8m,ll ,nd g0ntl0 w,;08 ,r0 th0 b08t d0po8iting 80dim0nt8.


andforms and features resulting from river processes
ERO5ION
CIiff
HeudIund & uys
Wuve refruction
Shore PIutform
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EPO5ITION
Spit
TomboIo



Cliff and Wave-cut Platform


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Headlands and Bay

Coast made up of alternate band of rocks of different resistance.
Continual erosion leads to an uneven coastline.
ess resistant rocks get eroded away faster, forming a bay.
More resistant rocks get eroded slower, forming a headland



Whon wnvos nronch nn unovon consfIIno.


Wnvos sIow down nnd curvos In whon nronchIng
fho hondInnd wnvo rofrncfIon.
If conconfrnfos Ifs onory on fho hondInnd nnd
orodo If.


Wnvo fronf curvos ouf uon ronchIg fho bny.
Ifs onorgy Is dIssInfod rosuIfs In doosIfIon.

Beach



Formed by constructive wuves {deposition}
Formed ut buy ; in between two heudIunds
by wuve refruction
Finer muteriuIs found ut edge of wuter
Courser und heuvier ones ure found further
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