Coastline Of Submergence

Question 1

What (3)

Answer 1

Rias
Fjords
Dalmatian coats

Question 2

What are rias (4+)

Answer 2

Flooded river mouths/ valleys
Sea level rise relative to the land River valleys flood and appear as coastal inlets
Mouth of river exe + Poole harbour = natural harbours
Steep coastline

Question 3

What is a fjords (2)

Answer 3

Like rias as are flooded valleys
However they are flooded glacial rather than river valleys

Question 4

Fjords look like and how (3)

Answer 4

When glacier erode they create steep sided u shaped valleys
Very steep almost vertical sides
Glaciers can over deepen the valley = shallower at mouth than inland

Question 5

Exmaple of fjords (2)

Answer 5

Sognefjord in Norway
200km long from sea o head of fjord

Question 6

Dalmatian coats where do they occur (2+)

Answer 6

River systems which once ran parallel to the coast (due to concordant geology)
They are flooded = series of long islands
Would once have been the hills along the valley sides parallel to the coastline

Question 7

Key difference between rias + fjords to DC (2)

Answer 7

R and F run perpendicular to the coastline
Dalmatian coast islands and peninsulas run parallel to it