Coastal Features Flashcards
What is the yellow grains found on the coast?
Beach
What are the small erosions at the bottom of a cliff called?
Wave cut notch
What is the flat platform of rock on the border to the sea?
Wave cut platform
What do you call the layers of rock in the cliff?
Strata
What do you call the holes in the cliff that are caused by abrasion and hydraulic action?
Caves
What do you call a cut through the cliff?
An arch
What do you call it when an arch collapses?
A stack
What do you call the eroded remains of a stack?
A stump
What do you call it when the rock layers in a cliff break?
A fault
What do you call it when the front of a cliff collapses?
A landslide
What do you call it when there are fissures in the rock?
Cracks
What do you call the part of the coast sticking out of the land?
Headlands
What do you call the part of the cliff sticking in from the headlands?
The bay
