Three Subsystems of a Coastal Zone (Marine, Coastal, Terrestrial)
Major Types of Coastal Zones
Hard Stabilization / Shoreline Armoring
100
is the dry part of the beach, above the high tide mark
What is the berm?
100
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What is the foreshore?
100
land where humans and other activity can affect the marine environment
What is a terrestrial subsystem?
100
Phytoplankton, bacteria, fungi, eelgrass, worms, clams, crabs, lobster, and birds are wildlife most commonly found in which major type of coastal zone
What is an estuary?
100
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What is a sea wall?
200
currents of water flowing parallel to the shore which are formed by waves striking the shore at an angle
What is the longshore current?
200
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What is the shore?
200
seabed composition and diverse marine habitats are characteristics of this subsystem
What is marine subsystem?
200
dominated by bedrock, boulders, and cobbles
What is a Rocky Shore?
200
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What is a groin?
300
follows the general line of the coast, but sometimes, in the case of small inlets or bays, the coastline is measured directly across the bay or inlet to rejoin the coastline on the opposite side
What is the coastline?
300
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What is the backshore?
300
Nova Scotia's marine subsystem includes the Scotian Shelf...is this continental shelf wide or narrow compared to others around the world
What is wide?
300
wildlife found in this coastal zone includes rushes, sea lavender, mussels, dog whelks, crabs, worms, minnows, birds, and fish
What is a salt marsh?
300
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What is a jetty?
400
is an underwater landmass which extends from a continent, resulting in an area of relatively shallow water known as a shelf sea.
What is the continental shelf?
400
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What is the coast?
400
the volume (amount) of water flowing in a river that empties out into an ocean would affect this coastal zone(s)
What is all three? (marine, terrestrial, coastal)
400
clam digging is a human activity most commonly done in which major type of coastal zone
What is a mudflat?
400
a pro of shoreline armoring
What is protection from erosion, protects infrastructure, helps maintains property values?
500
a portion of an ocean or a sea partly enclosed by land
What is a gulf?
500
another name for the area between the high and low tide marks
What is the intertidal zone?
500
a coastal zone can extend many kilometres inland and offshore (True or False)
What is True?
500
currents change the shape of this major type of coastal zone
What is a mudflat?
500
a con of shoreline armoring
What is expensive, eye sore, negative impact on marine habitats?