Coasts

Coastal Erosion and Management- This resource looks at why some coastlines erode faster than others, how soft and hard engineering can be used to protect the coast, a focus on the case study of...

Coastal Landforms of Deposition. Content: - Describes and explains the characteristics and formation of beaches, coastal spits, coastal bars, tombolos and sand dunes. - Supported by diagrams and...

Content: - A description and explanation of the formation of landforms of erosion: headlands and bays; caves, arches, stacks and stumps; wave-cut platforms. - Each description is supported by...

Coastal Processes- Erosion, Transportation, Weathering and Mass Movement. Content: - Describes the main processes of coastal erosion: hydraulic action, attrition, abrasion, solution. - Describes...

Content: - Describes the characteristics of these unique coastal ecosystems including their location, factors affecting formation and an introduction to polyps. - A description of the formation of...

Content: - The characteristics of a wave including key terminology. - The key characteristics of constructive and destructive waves and the impact they have on a coastline. - The factors that...