Theme 1 Flashcards
Wave - cut platform
Is a coastal landforms made of rocky shelf in front of a cliff
Bay
A recessed area of coastal often found between two headlands
Stack
A vertical pillar of rock left behind after the collapse of an arch
Arch
Natural opening in a cliff were, the sea is able to flow through
Headland
an area of land that juts into the sea
bedding plane
Clearly seen layers of rock in a cliff face
Swash
The movement of water at the beach as a wave breaks
Spit
They sand or shingle beach that is joined to the land, but projects outwards into the sea in the direction of the prevailing wind
Beach
created by deposition and lies between the high water, mark and the low-water mark
Offshore Bar
an area of de position that is slightly off the coast line in the estuary of the river
Backwash
The flow of water back into the sea after a wave has broken onto the shore
Rock Pool
A pool of seawater between shoreline rocks
Cavern
A large underground Corps, which has been created you to enlargement of joints in carbon three limestone
Sink Hole
A hole in the ground caused by collapse of the surface layer often carboniferous limestone areas where the cave in the present
discordant coastline
Rocks are formed at a right angle to the sea and erosion rates vary along the coastal line depending on the rock type
