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GEOG PHYSICAL- Coastal Systems and Landscapes

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By: Reegan Harrison
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Booklet 1- What are coasts and how do they operate as a system?
What are coasts,
Coasts as a natural system,
What is a control of a system
9  cards
Booklet 2- How are waves formed and what are the different types?
What causes waves,
What is the fetch,
Different types of waves
6  cards
Booklet 3- How are tides formed and what are the different tytpes?
What is the littoral zone,
What are the different sources of...,
How do tides supply energy to the...
8  cards
Booklet 4- What are sediment cells? And what role do they play in coastal systems?
Where does sediment come from,
What is a sediment cell,
Sediment cell example
7  cards
Booklet 5- What are the key erosional processes at the coast?
What is coastal erosion,
Coastal process erosion,
Coastal process transport
31  cards
Booklet 6- What weathering and erosion and how do they affect the coast?
Freeze thaw,
Insolation,
Salt
28  cards
Lesson 7-How is sediment transported and deposited at the coast?
Transportation process suspension,
Transportation processes traction,
Transportation processes solution
13  cards
Lesson 8-What are the erosional landforms at the coast?
Concordant coastlines,
Discordant coastline,
How are headlands eroded
22  cards
Lesson 9- What are the depositional landforms at the coast? (PART 1)
What acctually are beaches,
What is beach accretion and beach...,
Swash alligned beach vs drift all...
30  cards
Lesson 10-What are the depositional landforms at the coast? (PART 2) Sand Dunes:
Sand dunes,
Plant succession,
Psammarse
23  cards
Lesson 12- How are coastal landforms influenced by isostatic and eustatic sea level rise?
What would happen if all the ice ...,
What acctually is sea level change,
How has sea level changed
10  cards
Lesson 13-How are coasts managed?
What is coastalisation,
Why might the risks from a storm ...,
Impacts of sea level rise on coas...
4  cards
Lesson 14- Holderness Coasts Case Study
What factors influence the energy...,
Energy inputs into coastline fetch,
Energy inputs into the coastline ...
25  cards
Lesson 15-Bangladesh ICZM
Facts about sunderbans,
Facts about sunderbans,
What arer mangroves
5  cards

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