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Coastal Proccesses
Title: Coastal Proccesses
Category: Society & Culture / Geography
Details: Words: 176 | Pages: 0.7 (approximately 235 words/page)
Coastal Proccesses
Attrition - Particles carried by the waves are thrown against each other and broken into pieces.
Corrasion - Sand, shingle and pebbles carried by the waves are thrown against the cliff and gradually wear it away.
Corrosion or Solution - Very small particles of rock are dissolved by the sea and carried away in solution.
Hydraulic Action - When a wave pounds rocks air is trapped in cracks. When the waves retreat the air expands violently and breaks up …showed first 75 words of 176 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 176 total…land by various agents e.g. sea, ice and wind.
Deposition - Material carried along the coast is dumped. This may form beaches.
Longshore Drift - The movement of pebbles and sand along the beach. The waves move the pebbles up the beach (swash) and down the beach (backwash) in the direction of the wind.
Weathering - Ways in which the rocks are weakened or broken down without being removed. This is usually the result of the weather.
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