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Saltation,
Sediment cell,
Sediment budget
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Sundarbans location and background
What is the sundarbans,
How far does it expand,
Where is it located
8
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sundarbans - coastal processes
Shaped by,
What are the channels flowing across,
What are kahls
14
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systems - wave cut platform
Inputs energy,
Inputs matter,
Sub aerial processes
9
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Dalmation coastline
What is it,
What are they the result of,
Step 1
6
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coastal system - sediment cells
What kind of system is the coast,
Why is the coast an open system,
Types of systems
23
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System - sediment sources
Rivers,
Rivers deposition,
Cliff erosion
8
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systems - sediment budgets
What do they use,
What do they use,
In principle a system will work i...
3
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systems - littoral zone
What is the littoral zone,
The littoral zone is constantly what,
Why is it constantly changing
3
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sources of energy - wave formation
What is the direct influent on th...,
When do winds occur,
Winds move across the surface of ...
8
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sources of energy - factors affecting wave energy
Strength of wind,
Duration of wind,
Duration of wind
5
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constructive waves
How are they formed,
How long is the wavelength,
What is the frequency
7
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destructive waves
How are they formed,
How long is the wavelength,
What is frequency of the waves
10
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negative feedback: beaches and waves
What does the presence of constru...,
What does deposition on the beach...,
Steeper beaches favour the format...
6
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Tides
What is tidal range,
When does tidal range tend to be ...,
When do the highest high tide and...
8
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currents
What are rip currents,
What happens in rip currents,
The backwash is forced under the ...
6
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high energy and low energy coastlines
What are high energy coastlines a...,
Because high energy coastlines ha...,
What kind of landforms in high en...
9
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wave refraction
What is wave refraction,
The wave energy is focussed on,
By the wave energy focussed on th...
5
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marine processes - erosion
Corrasion,
Abrasion,
Hydraulic action
7
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processes of transportation and deposition
Traction,
Saltation,
Suspension
4
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longshore drift
Waves hit the beach at an angle d...,
The waves push sediment in this d...,
The wave then carries sediment ba...
5
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deposition
When does it occur,
High energy coastlines continue to,
What kind of sediment do low ener...
4
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weathering
What is weathering,
When it goes to the littoral zone...,
Positive feedback
18
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mass movement
What is mass movement,
What four categories can mass mov...,
What is meant by soil creep
12
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coastal management - hard engineering
What does hard engineering involve,
What are groynes,
Groyne
14
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coastal management - soft eningerring
What is the aim of soft engineering,
How does soft engineering aim to ...,
What is beach nourishment
14
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submergence coastal landforms
When do landforms of submergence ...,
When do landforms of submergence ...,
When are rias formed
6
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Eustatic change
Where do eustatic change affect,
What may eustatic change be due to,
What is thermal expansion
6
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Contemporary Sea level change
When did records begin,
When did sea level increase slow ...,
When did sea level level out at t...
6
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risk to coastal environments - storm surges
What are storm surges the result of,
What may storm surges be exacerba...,
What has some areas of the coast had
9
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capital landforms and landscapes of erosion - caves, arches, stacks and stumps
Where does the sequence occur,
Where is wave energy concentrated,
Joints are eroded first to form
6
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landforms and landscapes of erosion - cliff profile and rate of retreat
When are steep cliffs most common,
What also prompt steep cliff deve...,
Where are steep cliffs most commo...
10
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landforms and landscapes of erosion - wave cut notch and platform
Where does the sequence occur,
Where is erosion concentrated aro...,
As the notch becomes deeper the c...
5
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landforms and landscapes of deposition - beaches
What is a beach,
Why does beach accretion occur,
Why does beach excavation occur
7
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landforms and landscapes of deposition - spits
When do spits occur,
What does lsd continues to do,
What do changes in wind direction...
7
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landforms and landscapes of deposition - barrier beach/bars
When do barrier beaches occur,
What do barrier beaches trap,
What can they form from
10
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landforms and landscapes of deposition - sand dunes
Where do wind blow sand to,
What do a large tidal range allow,
Why is it important or the sand t...
11
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landforms and landscapes of deposition - estuarine mudflats and saltmarshes
The does deposition occur in rive...,
Where else may mudflats saltmarsh...,
What does deposition occur as a r...
7
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Criccieth Bay - physical features
What are beach cusps,
What are the horns of the beach c...,
Where a
9
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