Deposistional features

Question 1

Alluvium

Answer 1

deposit of clay and silt left floodwater from a river valley.

Question 2

Barrier beaches

Answer 2

sand and pebble ridge separating a shore from a lagoon.

Question 3

Cuspate foreland

Answer 3

formed from longshore drift of material traveling opposite directions along a coast. extends out at a 90 degree angle from the coast as a triangular spit.

Question 4

Depositional landforms

Answer 4

land structures formed from the accumulation of depositional material such as sand and shingle.

Question 5

Haff coast

Answer 5

a long shallow lagoon separated from the main coast by a barrier beach.

Question 6

low energy environment

Answer 6

An area which experiences weak winds and low energy waves-is typically the site of coastal deposition.

Question 7

Recurved spit

Answer 7

A coastal spit which has hooked due to changing wind and wave direction as it extends outwards.

Question 8

Spit

Answer 8

extension of the beach from the headland due to longshore drift

Question 9

Constructive waves

Answer 9

wide, low-lying and low energy waves which deposit more material than they erode.

Question 10

Suspension

Answer 10

precipitate is held in place within the water and is unable to deposit.

Question 11

Wave-cut platforms

Answer 11

a flat pebbly beach left behind from the collapse of a sea cliff.

Question 12

Tombolo

Answer 12

a spit which has connected an island to the mainland.

Question 13

Saltation

Answer 13

sand and smaller material rolls and is carried by either winds or currents before being deposited in a shadow zone.

Question 14

Traction

Answer 14

the rolling movement of larger boulders and pebbles along he sea floor due to currents.

Question 15

Till

Answer 15

unsorted material deposited by glacial movement