Geographpenis Flashcards
2 opportunities of living near a coast are
Tourism & ports for trade
2 charectaristics of constructive waves
Low height and strong swash
Difference for transportation & deposition
Deposition drops and transportation moves things
2 types of erosion that help make bays and headlands
Hydraulic action and abrasion
Cave arch——
Stack stump
Why does longshore drift occur in some coastal areas
It occurs where prevailing wind is at an angle to the coastline
Give a coastal feature created by longshore drift
Spit
Give 2 types hard engineering used to protect coastlines
Groynes and sea walls
What is an opportunity
Positive aspect of places that improve lives of people
What is fetch
Distance a wave travels before hitting the coastline
What is erosion
Breaking of a rock caused by water ice or wind
Hydraulic action meaning
Type of erosion where water forces air into cracks and caused them to break
Longshore drift meaning
Zigzag movement of material along a coastline
Prevailing wind meaning
Most common wind direction in the area
Hard engineering meaning
Man made structures that try to stop coastal processes to stop erosion
