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Coastal system
Inputs include,
Processes include,
Outputs include
3
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Waves
How are waves created,
What is fetch,
Features of constructive waves
4
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Tides
What are tides,
Where a landforms created and des...
2
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Sub aerial weathering
What is sub aerial weathering,
Sub aerial weathering examples,
What is mass movement and what do...
3
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Coastal erosion
What is abrasion corrosion,
What is hydraulic action,
What is corrosion solution
4
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Rates of erosion
How does the width of the beach a...,
How does the breaking point of th...,
How does the aspect of the waves ...
5
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Longshore drift
What is the current,
Process of longshore drift
2
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Cliffs and wave-cut platforms
Stage 1 of a wave cut platform,
Stage 2 of a wave cut platform,
Stage 3 of a wave cut platform
3
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Headlands and bays
Where do headlands and bays form,
What does the hard and soft rock ...
2
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Caves, blow holes and stacks
How are caves formed,
How is a blow hole formed,
How is an arch formed
4
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Beaches
When do beaches fomr,
What are berms and how do they form,
What are runnels and how do they ...
4
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Spits
Stage 1 formation of spits,
Stage 2 formation of spits,
Stage 3 formation of spits
4
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Bars
When are bars formed,
Where do bars occur,
What forms behind a bar
3
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Sand dunes
Stage 1 formation of a sand dune,
Stage 2 formation of a sand dune,
Stage 3 formation of a sand dune
3
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Salt marshes
Where do salt marshes from and gi...,
Stage 1 formation of salt marshes,
Stage 2 formation of salt marshes
4
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Coastal flooding
What are the causes of rising sea...,
Features of global sea level
2
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Sea level changes
What is eustatic sea level change,
Main causes of eustatic sea level...,
What is isostatic sea level change
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Impacts of rising sea level
How has there been more frequent ...,
How has there been submergence of...,
How have there been changes in co...
3
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Sea level rise and coasts
What are rias,
What are fjords,
What are dalmatian coastlines
3
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Sea level fall and coasts
What are raised beaches,
What happens to cliffs above rais...,
What are cliffs above raised beac...
3
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Physical causes of coastal flooding
How do tidal currents and surges ...,
How can high amounts of rainfall ...,
How can strong onshore winds caus...
3
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Human causes of coastal flooding
How does management of coastal sy...,
How does building on coastal low ...,
How does reclamation of coastal l...
3
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Options for coastal management
What does hold the line mean,
What does advance the line mean,
What does do nothing mean
4
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Hard engineering structures
How does a sea wall work what the...,
How do gabions work what the cost...,
How do breakwaters work what s th...
3
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Soft engineering defences
What is beach nourishment,
What is land use management,
What is coastal realignment
3
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Soft and hard engineering and sustainability
Typical characteristics of hard e...,
Typical characteristics of soft e...,
Aims of soft engineering
4
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Management strategies
What is the shoreline management ...,
What is the name for coming up wi...
2
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