Coastal Deposition Features Flashcards
1
Q
Long shore drift
A
Transports sand along a beach
2
Q
Swash
A
When waves driven by prevailing wind push material up a beach at an angle
3
Q
The backwash
A
Dragged back by gravity down the beach at right angles
4
Q
Sand spit formation
A
Formed where the coastlime changes direction. Longshore drift transports sand and departs it in a sheltered area. Deposited sand builds up over time until its above sea level, this depostiton continues until the beach extends into the sea to form a spit. Sand spits cab also form a hooked end due to change in wind or wave direction. (what it looks like- long narrow ridges of sand)
