COASTLINES SHORELINES

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COASTLINES SHORELINES

• How coasts are formed and
• the features found on coasts

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Terms

• Surf Zone Area where the waves break
• Berm An accumulation of material from waves
  near the shore which looks like small dunes
• Longshore current Flow of water that forms
  parallel to the shore as a result of surf waves

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CORAL REEFS
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CORAL REEF
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Coral Reef Life
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Great Barrier Coral Reef
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Coral Reef Dynamite Fishing
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Damaged Coral Reef
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Terms

• Bulkhead Manmade protection against waves for a
  building or lighthouse
• Jetty A manmade barrier to protect the
  shoreline from wave action of passing boats
• Delta A triangular area with sediment deposits
  from a river flowing to the sea

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Salt Marsh
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Salt Marsh Forest
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Salt Marsh
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Salt Marsh Inhabitants
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More Marsh Inhabitants
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More Marsh
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Coasts with Cliffs
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More Cliffs
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New Zealand
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Atoll
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New Zealand
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Coral Reef Atoll
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Coral Reef Atoll
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Coral Reef Atoll
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Coral Reef Atoll
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Stormy Sea
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Terms

• Sandbar A submerged sand dune sometimes exposed
  at low tide.
• Barrier Island An island offshore that protects
  the main land during storms.
• Rip Current A current which is formed when a
  depression is created from the shore to the sea.
  Water is forced from the shore to the sea making
  this dangerous.

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Barrier Islands
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Terms

• Spit A piece of shoreline moved by a storm into
  the shape of a peninsula.
• Hook A piece of shoreline moved by a storm
  into the shape of a curved peninsula
• Dunes A naturally formed accumulation of sand
  in hill shapes which change with wind movement.

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Beach with Dunes
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Dune Vegetation
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Hook
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Hook
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Berm
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Spit
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The Nile Delta
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Amazon River Delta
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Bulkhead
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Bulkhead
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Jetty
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Rip Currents
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Rip Currents
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Rip Currents
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Volcanic Coast
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Volcanic Coast
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Volcanic Coast
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Volcanic Coast
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Black Sand Beach (Volcanic)