Landforms

Question 1

What is longshore drift

Answer 1

waves approach beach at a 90 angle due to prevailing winds.

swash carriers some material up beach

backwash carries material directly down the beach

Question 2

What are rip currents

Answer 2

strong currents moving away from the shoreline

Question 3

Spit formation

Answer 3

longshore drift deposits sand and shingle across a river mouth, leaving a bank of sand and shingle sitcking out to sea

Question 4

compound spit

Answer 4

changes in dominant wind and wave direction lead to a curved end

Question 5

Bar

Answer 5

a bar is formed where a spit grows the whole way across a bay
behind bar is a lagoon

overtime filled with silt and may gradually form a salt marsh

Question 6

Mudflats

Answer 6

found on edges of submerged marine zone

exposed to low tide- water left theiur in permanent channels

Question 7

Eustatic change

Answer 7

sea level change caused by a change in volume of water in the sea

Question 8

isostatic change

Answer 8

caused by vertical movements of the land relative to the sea

Question 9

Submergent coastlines

Answer 9

submerged by the sea due to rise in sea level

Question 10

emergent

Answer 10

exposed to sea due to fall in se levels

Question 11

What is the integrated coastal zone management

Answer 11

considers all elemts of the coastal system

considers tourism, fishing, tourism

Question 12

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Question 12

tropical storm

Answer 12

form between 5- 30

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warm moist air rises quickly- creating strong winds