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What is abrasion?

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when material being transported wears away at a surface over time. carried by rivers glaciers the sea and wind

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What is an arch?

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a coastal feature formed by the meeting of two caves cut into either side of headland

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What is attrition?

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the gradual wearing down of particles by erosion as they collide with each other, making them smaller and rounder

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What is backwash?

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water from a breaking wave which flows under gravity down a beach and returns to the sea

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What is a Bar?

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a ridge like accumulation of coastal sediment exposed at low tide

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What is a bay?

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a wide coastal inlet that is open to the sea

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What is beach replenishment?

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dredging or pumping sand and shingle from the seabed to replace material that has been erode from a beach

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What is a beach?

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an accumulation of coastal sediment most often occurring in sheltered areas along the coast

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What is berm?

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a ridge of sand or shingle towards the top of the beach with a steep seaward slope

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What is a cave?

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a hollow cut by the sea into the base of a cliff

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What is cliff regrading?

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the deliberate lowering of an angle of a cliff face to make it safer and reduce landslides or collapse

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What is a cliff?

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a steep rock slope usually facing the sea

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What is coastal cell?

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a segment of coastline which is self contained in terms of the movement of sand and shingle

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What is coastal management

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looking after the coast and resolving any conflicts between users of the coast

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What is a coastline?

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the actual border between the land and the sea

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What is a concordant coast?

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a coastline created when alternating soft rock and hard rock occur one after another parallel to the sea and eroded at different rates

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What is corrosion?

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the chemical erosion of rock over surfaces

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What is cuspate foreland?

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a triangular mass of sand and shingle deposited on t he coast where waves converge from opposite directions

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What is deposition?

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the dropping of material that was being carried by a moving force, such as running water.

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What is a discordant coast?

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a coastline created when alternating bands of hard and soft rock occur at right angles to the coast and are eroded at different rates

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What is an emergent coast?

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a coastline that is experiencing either uplift of the land or a fall in sea level

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What is erosion?

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the wearing away and removal of material by a moving force, such as running water

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What is an estuary?

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the mouth of a river as it enters the sea

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What is a fetch?

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the distance a wave has travelled from its origins to the coast where it breaks

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What is a fjord?

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a long, narrow arm of the sea which is the result of the ‘drowning’ of a glaciated valley.

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What is hard engineering?

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protecting the coast by building such structures as sea walls and groynes

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What is a headland?

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an area of land jutting out into the sea

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What is hold the line?

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a coastal management strategy aimed at protecting the coast and maintaining the coastline as it is

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What is hydraulic action?

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erosion caused by the force of moving water

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What is a lagoon?

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a bay totally or partially shut off from the sea by a bar or reef running across the entrance

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What is longshore drift?

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the movement of sediments along the coast by wave action

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What is managed retreat?

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a coastal management strategy of deliberately allowing the coastline to retreat but in such a way as to minimize possible damage

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What is marine reserve?

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an area of the sea with some special or rare features (plant and animal life, coastal scenery, etc.) thought to be worth protection from human exploitation.

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What is mass movement?

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the movement of weathered material down a slope or cliff due to the force of gravity

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What is a raised beach?

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a former beach now standing above sea level and some meters inland

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What is a relict cliff?

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a cliff that now lies above the reach of the sea due to a fall in sea level or a rise in the land.

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What is a ria?

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the seaward end of a river valley that has been flooded as a result of a rise in sea level

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What is

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any material ranging in size from fine silt to large boulders which has been transported and deposited, as for example by the sea or a river.

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What is

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a form of mass movement in which material slides downslope and rotates backwards as it does so.

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What is

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protecting the coast by working with nature.

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What is

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a type of mass movement involving the slow downslope movement of soil under the influence of gravity.

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What is

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the washing or blowing away of topsoil so that the fertility of the remaining soil is greatly reduced.

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What is

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material deposited by the sea that grows across a bay or estuary.

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What is

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a detached column of rock located just off-shore and usually caused by the collapse of an arch.

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