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Geography Coasts

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By: Imogen Dauncey
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Decks in this class (17)

Factors Affecting Coasts
Name 3 terrestrial factors affect...,
Name 3 human factors affecting co...,
Name 3 atmospheric factors affect...
4  cards
Coastal System
What is the backshore 1,
What is the foreshore 2,
What is the inshore 3
7  cards
Sediment Cells
What percentage of coastal sedime...,
What percentage of coastal sedime...,
What percentage of coastal sedime...
9  cards
Waves
What are waves important for 1,
How are waves generated 2,
How does wind effect waves 3
26  cards
Beach Profiles
Shingle beach 1,
Sandy beaches 2,
What are ridges and runnels 3
15  cards
High & Low Energy Coasts
High energy coast features 1,
Low energy coast features 2,
Air pressure causing high energy ...
3  cards
Tides
What is responsible for the tides 1,
What produces a high tide 2,
What happens on the opposite side...
10  cards
Coastal Erosion
Wave pounding 1,
Hydraulic action 2,
Abrasion 3
10  cards
Lithology
Lithology 1,
How does lithology of the coast a...,
Description of a concordant coast 3
11  cards
Sub-Aerial Processes
What are sub aerial processes 1,
Physical weathering processes 2,
Biological weathering processes 3
10  cards
Features Of Erosion
Example of a headland 1,
Where are headlands and bays form...,
What is differential erosion 3
17  cards
Features Of Deposition
What is deposition 1,
When does deposition occur 2,
What is a spit 3
14  cards
Haloseres & Saltmarshes
What is a halosere 1,
Of salt marshes 2,
Of salt marshes 3
11  cards
Psammoseres & Sand Dunes
Definition of psammosere 1,
How does the coastal environment ...,
What conditions are needed in ord...
19  cards
Sea Level Change
What is eustatic sea level change 1,
What effect does eustatic sea lev...,
When does eustatic change take pl...
26  cards
Coastal Flooding
What is a storm surge 1,
How do storm surges cause coastal...,
What conditions cause a storm sur...
12  cards
Coastal Management
Why do coastlines need managing 1,
What are the 4 coastal management...,
What is done in hold the line 3
36  cards

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