Geography Coastle Key Terms

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Word

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Abrasion

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Arch

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Attrition

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Backwash

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Bar

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Bay

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Beach

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nourishmen

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Berm

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Biological

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Image

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Definition

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1

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The sandpapering

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effect of pebbles and

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sand grinding over a

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rocks/cliffs eroding

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them away

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2

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3

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5

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6

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An arch of rock formed

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in a headland after a

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cave has eroded all

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the way through

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Rock fragments

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carried by the sea

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knock against each

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other making them

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smaller and more

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rounded

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The action of the wave

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returning back to the

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sea

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A long

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narrow finger

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of sand or shingle

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stretching across a

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bay between two

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headlands

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A concave stretch of

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coastline eroded easily

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due to softer

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less

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resistant rock

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Artificially added sand

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or shingle to a beach

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to build it back up

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A ridge of higher sand

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or shingle on a beach

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running parallel to the

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shoreline that indicates

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the high tide mark

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9. The break up of rock

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Teacher notes

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Follows the swash

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The water trapped

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behind a bar is

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known as a

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lagoon.

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Often between two

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headlands The

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rock is often clay

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or sandstone

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Includes re-

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profiling

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Burrowing

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= • 16% L

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Student notes