Coastal Landscape Development - Deposition (AQA A-Level Geography): Flashcards
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Sediment type creating gentle beach gradients (<5°)
Sediment type creating gentle beach gradients (<5°)
Sand
Beach gradient range for shingle
Beach gradient range for shingle
10-20°
What berms mark on beaches
What berms mark on beaches
Previous high tide positions
Shape of beach cusps
Shape of beach cusps
Semi-circular depressions
Storm beach location relative to tides
Storm beach location relative to tides
Above normal high tide mark
Swash-aligned beach orientation to wave crests
Swash-aligned beach orientation to wave crests
Parallel to incoming wave crests
Drift-aligned beach orientation
Drift-aligned beach orientation
Parallel to direction of dominant longshore drift
Definition of a spit
Definition of a spit
Elongated narrow ridge with one end joined to mainland
Tombolo definition
Tombolo definition
Spit that connects an island to the mainland
Bar definition
Bar definition
Spit that extends across a bay