You may use a diagram to help. Landforms created by Longshore Drift HOW ARE SPITS AND BARS FORMED? Spits are sand or pebble beaches joined to the land at one end. They are features of coastal deposition and tend to be formed by longshore drift. Most extend at a gentle angle out to ...
Climate, landforms (see geomorphology), and soil are examined as to origin and are classified as to distribution. Drawing on the biological sciences, fauna and flora (biogeography) are brought into an areal pattern. Through the mathematical sciences the motion of the earth and its relationship to...
Objective:To explain how waves are formed and how wave action erodes cliffsTo look at wave types and their influence on the beach profileTo look at longshore drift and the landforms it createsTo be able to describe some of the landforms created by hard a
Physical geography is the spatial study of natural phenomena that make up the environment, such as rivers, mountains, landforms, weather, climate, soils, plants, and any other physical aspects of the earth’s surface. Physical geography focuses on geography as a form of earth science. It tends...
Landforms This basin and range landscape of the Sonoran Desert trends north-northwest to south-south-east. Parallel faulted blocks are separated by alluvial bajadas (broad, debris-covered slopes), pediments and plains, which become wider approaching the coast. Despite being a desert area, this re...
Coast, broad area of land that borders the sea. A brief treatment of coasts follows. For full treatment, see coastal landforms. The coastlines of the world’s continents measure about 312,000 km (193,000 miles). They have undergone shifts in position ove
The Mexican government hassigned an accordwith the NGO Pronatura Noroeste to improve the protection of Laguna San Ignacio, the Pacific coastal lagoon which is a major breeding ground for gray whales. The lagoon has 400 kilometers (250 miles) of coastline, bounded by wetlands and mangroves, and...
In Britain we often think of thecoast as being formed by the energy ofthe waves, largely due to theirubiquity and power; however, sub-aerial processes are also significant;sometimes climatic regimes areimportant and also vegetationalprocesses on some coasts.The coastal zone can also be viewed ...
[Source:AdaptedfromMichaelHill,(2004),CoastandCoastalManagement] (i) Namethefeaturesfoundat: (a)A (b)B (c)C (d)D[4marks] (ii) Explaintheformationof: (a)thewave-cutplatform, (b)thestack.[3+3marks] (iii) Referringtoexampleplainwhythesuccessfulmanagementofcoastal erosionisdifficulttoachieve....
(c)Examhewhicharisefromcompetinglandusesincoastalmargins.[10marks] 4.Ifyouchoosetoanswerthisquestionrefertothediagramonpage3intheResourcesBooklet. Thediagramshowssomeofthemainfeaturesoftheoceanfloor. 1 (a)Referringtothediagram,identifyfeatureAandfeatureB–B.[1+1marks] (b)Exinwhytheoceanfloorbecomesincrea...