Distinctive Landforms

Question 1

What are the distinctive landforms resulting from deposition?

Answer 1

• Beaches
• Spits
• Bars

Question 2

What are ‘Beaches’?

Answer 2

• Beaches are accumulations of sand and shingle found where deposition occurs at the coast

Question 3

What are ‘Spits’?

Answer 3

• A spit is a long, narrow finger of sand or single jutting out into the sea from the land

Question 4

Then what are ‘Bars’?

Answer 4

• Occasionally, longshore drift may cause a spit to grow right across a bay, trapping a freshwater lake or lagoon behind it

Question 5

What is an ‘Tombolo’?

Answer 5

• A ridge of beach material built by wave action that connects an island to an mainland

Question 6

Define ‘Bar’

Answer 6

• A ridge of sand that blocks off a bay or river mouth. It will create a lagoon behind across a non river bay