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Bermuda Triangle
100
Geologic feature left after millennia of erosion due to heavy wave action
What is the WAVE-CUT CLIFF
100
The zone that lies between the low tide line and the highest area on land affected by storm waves
What is SHORE
100
The entire active area of a coast that experiences changes due to breaking waves
What is the BEACH
100
Waves that break or dashes into foam
What are BREAKERS
100
Extends inland as far as ocean related features are found
What is the COAST
200
A narrower beach and flattened beach face with heavy wave activity that moves sediment away from shore
What is the WINTERTIME BEACH
200

The result of waves breaking at an angle to the shore that create a zigzag movement of sediment.

What is LONGSHORE CURRENT.

200

The water that rushes up the beach face toward the berm, and then returns to the ocean, transporting sediment up and down the beachface.

What is SWASH & BACKWASH.

200

What carries sediment, beach balls, and children down the beach away from your umbrella, blanket, and chair.

What is LONGSHORE DRIFT.

200
Wide sandy berm and steep beach face with light wave activity
What is SUMMERTIME BEACH
300
Shores with well developed cliffs where tectonic uplift of the coast has occurred
What is EROSIONAL SHORE
300
Gradually subsiding shore where barrier islands and sand deposits are common
What is a DEPOSITIONAL SHORE
300
Long offshore sand deposits that parallel the coast
What is BARRIER ISLAND
300

This is where you do NOT want to park your billion dollar yacht.

What is a HEADLAND.

300
A sand bar that connects an island to the mainland
What is a TOMBOLO
400

Shorelines can be classified as emerging or submerging, based on their position relative to this. 

What is SEA LEVEL.

400

This shore features wave-cut benches below sea level that contain drowned beaches.  A close example is the Connecticut River Valley.

What is SUBMERGING SHORELINES.
400

These structures are used to trap sand and protect assets but can cause significant erosion downcoast.

What is HARD STABILIZATION.

400

The estuaries of today exist because sea level has risen approximately 400 feet due to this, which started 18,000 years ago, and continues at an accelerated rate today.

What is GLACIAL MELTING.

400

These three movements cause changes in sea level that produce submerging and emerging shorelines.

 

What are PLATE TECTONICS, ISOSTATIC ADJUSTMENT, and EUSTATIC CHANGES. 

500

These waters are directly influenced by processes such as river runoff and tidal currents.

What are COASTAL WATERS.

500

An effective, yet wicked expensive, alternative to hard stabilization.

What is BEACH REPLENISHMENT.

500

These are partially enclosed bodies of water where freshwater runoff from the land mixes with ocean water.  

What are ESTUARIES.

500

Salt marshes and mangrove swamps are important examples of these ecologically important, highly productive areas that serve as important nurseries for many marine organisms, act as filters for polluted runoff, trap atmospheric carbon in their soils, and help prevent coastal erosion. 

What are COASTAL WETLANDS.

500

The estuary type that is based on its geologic origin of sea level rising and flooding a glaciated valley.

What is a FJORD.

  1. Coastal Plain Estuary (drowned river valley)
  2. Fjord (flooded glacial valley)
  3. Bar-Built Estuary (barrier island lagoons)
  4. Tectonic Estuary (flooding over fault/fold dropped areas)