Covering EVERYTHING on Coasts for AQA Geography.
Including:

• How do waves form?
• What happens when waves meet the coast?
• Wave types and characteristics
Constructive and Destructive waves
• Coastal process
Erosion
Hydraulic power, Abrasion, Attrition, Corrosion
Weathering
Chemical, Mechanical
Mass movement
Sliding, Slumping, Rock falls
Transportation
Longshore Drift
Deposition
• Coastal Landforms
Erosional landforms
Cliff and wave cut platform; headlands and bays; caves, arches, stacks & stumps.
Depositional landforms
Beaches; sand dunes; spits; tombolos and bars
• Coastal defences
Hard engineering
Sea wall; Groynes; Rock armour; Gabions
Soft engineering
Beach nourishment; Dune regeneration

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