Dorset Coastal Landforms Flashcards

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Swanage

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-sea side town in Dorset, south coast of England
-has a bay
-Area of soft rock
-next to Swanage bay is a headland called the foreland with a stack at the end of it called Old Harry

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Durdle door

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-famous arch
-made of limestone and sandstone

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Chesil beach

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-chesil beach is a bar that joins an island and the mainland
-there is a lagoon behind the bar

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Lulworth cove

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Lulworth Cove is a bay or cove next to the town of West Lulworth
-sea has eroded the clay that is surrounded by harder limestone

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