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Question 1

Explain the formation of a spit?

Answer 1

Spits are formed where the prevailing wind blows at an angle to the coastline, resulting in longshore drift. An example of a spit is Spurn Head, found along the Holderness coast in Humberside.

Question 2

Characteristics of a spit to a bar?

Answer 2

Spits are formed where the prevailing wind blows at an angle to the coastline, resulting in longshore drift.However, a bar is formed by a spit growing the whole way across a bay.Next a sandbank forms offshore parallel to the shore, and is moved towards the coastlines by the waves and wind until it joins the mainland.