Submergent features: Dalmatian Coast and Norway

Question 1

3 submergent features are:

Answer 1

• rias
• fjords
• dalmatian coasts

Question 2

rias form along the dalmatian coast by:

Answer 2

-eustatic rise means river valleys on the coast flood and only the valley tops remain above the surface. the floodplain is also engulfed by the sea

Question 3

the Dalmatian Coast in Croatia is……..km long

Answer 3

290 km

Question 4

fjords form in Norway due to:

facts on Geiranger Fjord

Answer 4

• when eustatic rise occurs more quickly than isostatic rebound, so as a glacier retreats, the valley carved out by the ice is flooded by the sea
• Geiranger Fjord is 15 km long and 1.5 km in width, and is extremely deep

Question 5

a dalmatian coast forms when

Answer 5

-when valleys run parallel to the coastline and eustatic rise occurs, these area become flooded and produce a series of ‘islands’ which run parallel to the coastline but are in fact the peaks of the valley sides