Vocabulary
When waves approach a straight shoreline at an angle
A deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores
An ocean current that moves parallel to shore
A tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water
A natural opening eroded out of a cliff face by marine processes
A broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inward
A body of water or air moving in a definite direction, especially through a surrounding body of water or air in which there is less movement
A tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water
A column of rock standing in the sea, remaining after erosion of cliffs.
A bar of sand or shingle joining an island to the mainland
A narrow piece of land that projects from a coastline into the sea
Tides that experiences one high and one low tide every lunar day
The narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion
A pebbly or sandy shore by the ocean
When the two highs and the two lows are about the same height
The rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon and the Sun and the rotation of Earth
A depositional feature as a result of longshore drift
Tides caused by the attractions of the sun and moon