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aftershock

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Smaller earthquakes that occur in the same area of a larger earthquake

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backwash

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The movement of water down a beach by gravity

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beach replenishment

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Building up the beach by pumping sand or shingle onto it

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Catchment Flood Management plans (CFMP)

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Plans setting out strategies to reduce flood risks in a river basin over 5-100 years

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Consolidated rock

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Rock with a strong structure

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Constructive wave

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Waves that build up a beach

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Destructive wave

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Waves that erode a coastline

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Dredging

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taking sediment from a river or sea bed

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Erosion

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The wearing a way of rocks by the action of water, wind or ice

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evaporation

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Water turning into water vapour

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Evapotranspiration

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the sum of evaporation from the earth surface and transpiration from plants

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Fault line

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a fracture in the earth’s crust that shows signs of movement

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flood plain

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flat area next to a river

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Freeze-thaw

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the continued freezing and thawing of moisture in rocks that will eventually cause them to break

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Geology

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the nature and structure of rocks

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Groyne

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wooden or concrete construction built across a beach

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Hard engineering

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use of concrete barriers to control water

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Hurricane

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a violent tropical storm in the Caribbean region

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Impermeable

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a Surface that does not allow water to pass through it

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infiltration

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seeping water into soil

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interception

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collection of water by vegetation

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lahar

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a type of mud flow composed of pyroclastic material and water that flows from a volcano

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lateral erosion

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erosion of the sides of a valley

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longshore drift

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the movement of matrial along a coastline by the action of the waves

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managed retreat

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allowing the sea to flood lowland areas

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meander

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large bends in a river

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permeable

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a surface which allows water to pass through it

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percipitation

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moisture that falls from the atmosphere in any form

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prevailing wind

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most frequent or dominant wind

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pyroclastic flow

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avalanches of hot volcanic debris

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Salt marsh

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an area of tidal mudflats often found behind spits

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seismic waves

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vibrations generated by an earthquake

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Sub-aerial processes

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processes active on the face and top of cliffs

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subduction zone

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the area of a destructive plate boundary where one plate descends beneath another

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surface runoff

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all water flowing on the earth’s surface

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Sustainable management

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long-term management that does not harm people or environments

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swash

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. the force of breaking waves moving up the beach. At the angle of the prevailing wind

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through-flow

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movement of water through the soil

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transpiration

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loss of moisture from plants

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tsunami

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tidal wave caused by an underwater earthquake

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typhoon

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a violent tropical storm over the Indian and pacific oceans

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vertical erosion

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downward erosion of a river bed

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weathering

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breaking up of rocks by the action of weather. Plants, animals and chemicals

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waterfall

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Formed by hard rock over lying soft rock. Has a plunge pool

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meander

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Erosion happens on the outer area and deposition on the inner. Water takes the path of least resistance.

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What are the 4 types of erosion?

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Hydralic action, solution, abrasion, attrition

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Spit

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A coastal feature where LSD moves in front of a river mouth

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tombolo

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A coastal feature where a spit joins an island

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Bar

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A coastal feature where a LSD dams a lagoon

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