The Coastal Zone Lanforms Are Created Flashcards
How are headlands and bays formed?
Headlands are formed when the sea attacks a section of coast with alternating bands of hard and soft rock.The areas where the soft rock has eroded away, next to the headland, are called bays.
What is missing from this picture?
Stump.
What is longshore drift?
Continual swash and backwash transports material at an angle along the coast. This movement of material is called longshore drift and occurs in a zigzag.
How is a bar formed?
Where a spit becomes joined at both ends across a bay.
What is a beach?
Beaches are made up of eroded material that has been transported from elsewhere and deposited by the sea.
What is a tombolo?
Where a spit joinns an island to the mainland.
What is a spit?
A spit is an extended stretch of beach material that projects out to sea and is joined to the mainland at one end.
