Landforms And Landscape Systems -their Distinctive Features And Distribution

Question 1

What are high energy coastlines?

Answer 1

Erosive rocky coastlines

Question 2

What affects high energy coastal environments?

Answer 2

Physical chemical and biological weathering
Mass movement eg rock falls
Transportation processes moving material from or along the coastline

Question 3

Examples of high energy coastal landforms

Answer 3

Cliffs

Wave cut platforms

Question 4

What is a low energy coastal environment like?

Answer 4

Deposition is the dominant process.
Creates sandy coastlines with features such as sand dunes, spits and bars.

Estuarine coastlines are low energy coastlines where features such as mudflats develop