Wider Coastal Landscape

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  • Wider Coastal Landscape
    • The littoral zone
      • sub-zones to represent the features of wider coastline from sea to land
      • offshore, nearshore, foreshore and backshore
      • dynamic equilibrium where there is a balance between input and outputs
        • inputs - action of waves, currents and wind
        • outputs - washed out into sea by erosion
        • sediment is the key input AND output
    • high energy coasts
      • destructive waves
      • long fetches
      • high rates of erosion and erosion landforms
    • low energy coasts
      • constructive waves
      • short fetches
      • high rates of deposition and depositional landforms

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