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| show | wearing away of cliffs by sediment flung by breaking waves
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| show | wave-eroded passage through a small headland. This begins as a cave formed in the headland, which is gradually widened and deepened until it cuts through
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| show | erosion caused when rocks and boulders transported by waves bump into each other and break up into smaller pieces.
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| backwash | show 🗑
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| beach | show 🗑
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| show | the addition of new material to a beach naturally, through the action of longshore drift or artificially, through the dumping of large amounts of material
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| show | the breakdown of rock through the action of plants and animals.
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| show | offshore coastal defence structures built of stone parallel to the coastline; they help absorb the energy of breaking waves. Deposition occurs in the calmer water created behind the breakwater.
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| show | hard, resistant rocks form steep cliffs; soft rocks such as clay create low, gentle cliffs.
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| show | steep cliffs made of hard, resistant rock, fall down when there is a loss of supporting rock underneath caused by wave attack.
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| show | wearing away of cliffs by sediment flung by breaking waves. See Abrasion.
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| show | found on steep beaches, are steeply breaking and mainly responsible for coastal erosion. Their backwash is much stronger than their swash.
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| show | the wearing away of the land by rivers, ice sheets, waves and wind.
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| show | the tidal mouth of a river where it meets the sea; wide banks of deposited mud are exposed at low-tide.
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| show | the maximum distance of water over which winds can blow. In the case of south-west England the maximum fetch is from the south-west (5000 miles). This also coincides with the direction of the prevailing wind and leads to large storm waves attacking Barton
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| Freeze-Thaw Weathering | show 🗑
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| show | a wooden barrier built out into the sea to stop the longshore drift of sand and shingle, and so cause the beach to grow. It is used to build beaches to protect against cliff erosion and provide an important tourist amenity. However, by trapping sediment i
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| Headlands | show 🗑
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| Hydraulic Action | show 🗑
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| show | a former bay cut off from the sea by a bar.
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| Longshore Drift | show 🗑
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| Managed Retreat | show 🗑
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| show | an undercut part of the cliff base where wave attack concentrates erosion.
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| show | the direction from which the wind usually blows.
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| show | wooden, steel, or concrete fence-like structures that allow sea water and sediment to pass through, but the structures absorb wave energy. A beach can build up behind the revetment and provide further protection for the cliff. These are used as part of co
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| Rip-Rap | show 🗑
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| show | changes in the level of the sea against the land are caused by either the building up of melting of polar ice caps, or by rising and falling land levels.
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| Sea Defences | show 🗑
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| show | aim to prevent erosion of the coast by providing a barrier which reflects wave energy.
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| show | material originating from rock weathering and erosion. Shingle and sand are examples found along the coast.
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| show | Sediment moved along the coast by longshore drift appears to form part of a circular cell which leads to it eventually returning updrift. Dredging of offshore shingle banks can therefore contribute to beach depletion.
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| show | a long, narrow accumulation of sand and shingle formed by longshore drift and deposited where the coastline abruptly changes direction. One end of the spit is connected to the land and the other end projects out to the sea, often with a curved (hooked) en
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| show | rock left standing out at sea after wave erosion has separated it from the mainland. This is the next stage from an arch. Waves will continue to erode the foot of the arch until its roof becomes too heavy to be supported. When the roof collapses, it will
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| show | a rapid rise in sea level caused by storms forcing water into a narrowing sea area. Low air pressure at the centre of the storm also causes sea levels to rise.
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| Swash | show 🗑
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| show | a spit joining an island to the mainland.
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| Tourist Developments | show 🗑
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| show | a ground cover of bushes and grass on a cliff face helps prevent cliff erosion; their roots hold and trap (stabilise) soil and prevent it being lost by mass movement.
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| Waves | show 🗑
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| show | the area between low and high tide where wave erosion is most effective.
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| Wave Cut Platform | show 🗑
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| show | the power of the wave is generated by the fetch. Waves erode cliffs by abrasion/corrasion and hydraulic pressure.
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| show | the break-down of rock by physical or chemical processes.
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