COASTLINES
Define the term coast
Boundary between the sea and land
Type of wave that can destroy beaches
Destructive
Type of wave that build up the beach
Constructive waves
Erosional or Depositional
Main type of wave seen at Little Bay
Destructive waves
The wearing away of rocks as they bounce into each other and break apart is called
Attrition
Which type of beach material is deposited first: sand, pebbles or boulders?
sand
Name the process mainly responsible for the formation of a spit.
Longshore drift
Name of prevailing wind responsible for the rugged coastlines along the Northeastern coastlines of Barbados
Northeast Trade Winds
Name a coastline that has erosional landforms.
Coves Bay, Little bay, River bay, East coast etc
Name a coastline that has depositional landforms.
Batts rock, pebbles, Browns beach etc
Name three erosional landforms.
cliff, cave, wave cut platform, blow hole, headland
Name three types of beach material
Sand (fine grain, coarse grain), mud, shingles
Describe the process of hydraulic action.
Force of the wave breaks apart rocks. Air from the oncoming wave, gets into cracks and causes them to expand and break apart.
What is longshore drift?
The movement and eventual deposition of beach material along a coastline moved by the action of swash and backwash.
Name three depositional landforms.
Spit, tombolo, mud flat, beach, baymouth beach