Coasts

Coasts

Key words

Transportation

Erosion

Deposition

Attrition

Abrasion

Hydaulic power

Wave cut platform

Waves

Spit

Stack

Arch

Bar

Cave

Sliding

Sand dune

Slumping

Longshore drift

Beach

Beach Nourishment

Beach Reprofiling

Dune regeneration

Mass movement

Mechanical weathering

Chemical weathering

Managed retreat.

Cliff

Headland and bays

Gabion

Groyne

Hard engineering

Rock armour

sea wall

Overall Summary

• Coasts are dynamic environments where land meets the sea, shaped by various processes.
• Understanding coasts involves studying erosion, transportation…