Coastal Landscapes

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Decks in this class (9)

1.a. Coastal landscapes can be viewed as systems.
What is a system 1,
What is a scale 2,
What is an open system 3
26  cards
1.b. Coastal landscape systems are influenced by a range of physical factors.
What is fetch 1,
What are onshore winds 2,
What are offshore winds 3
63  cards
1.c. Coastal sediment is supplied from a variety of sources.
What is a major source of sedimen...,
Where may terrestrial sediment de...,
What percentage of coastal sedime...
21  cards
2.a. Coastal landforms are inter-related and together make up characteristic landscapes.
What are geomorphic processes 1,
What are the 5 geomorphic process...,
What is weathering weathering 3
118  cards
2.b. Coastal landforms are inter-related and together make up characteristic landscapes.
The rhone delta flows into what s...,
The rhone delta lies in between w...,
What are the two distributaries o...
66  cards
3.a. Emergent coastal landscapes form as sea level falls.
What is eustatic sea level change 1,
What is eustatic sea level change...,
When does eustatic change take pl...
52  cards
3.b Submergent coastal landscapes form as sea level rises.
What are the 3 submergent landfor...,
When were rias formed 2,
What is a ria 3
26  cards
4.a. Human activity intentionally causes change within coastal landscape systems.
What organisations form the two b...,
What sub sediment cell does the t...,
What are the names of the three s...
23  cards
4.b. Economic development unintentionally causes change within coastal landscape systems.
Why is sand important to new zeal...,
What can be found in the east coa...,
How long is the mangawhai to paki...
25  cards

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