Depositional landforms (Edexcel GCSE Geography A): Quizzes
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What are depositional landforms?
What are depositional landforms?
Features formed when sediment is dropped
Which type of beach forms in lower wave energy environments?
Which type of beach forms in lower wave energy environments?
Sandy beaches
What are berms on a beach?
What are berms on a beach?
Ridges parallel to the sea marking tides
What causes curved beaches to form?
What causes curved beaches to form?
Wave refraction
What is the key process behind spit formation?
What is the key process behind spit formation?
Longshore drift
How are spits attached to the coastline?
How are spits attached to the coastline?
Connected at one end to the mainland
Where do spits commonly form?
Where do spits commonly form?
Where coastlines change direction sharply
What causes the curved or hooked end of a spit?
What causes the curved or hooked end of a spit?
Changes in wind and wave refraction
What is the main difference between spits and bars?
What is the main difference between spits and bars?
Bars completely close off water bodies
What do bars create behind them?
What do bars create behind them?
Lagoons
How does longshore drift move sediment?
How does longshore drift move sediment?
In a zigzag pattern along the coast
What can high energy waves transport?
What can high energy waves transport?
Larger particles like pebbles/shingle