Cuspate foreland - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

WAVE CREST This is the top of the wave as water in a wave rises causes crest WAVE TROUGH As water in a wave falls WAVE HEIGHT Distance between the wave crest and trough WAVE PERIOD Time between waves WAVE FREQUENCY Number of waves that break on a beach in a given period of time WAVE STEEPNESS WAVE HEIGHT/WAVE LENGTH cannot exceed 1:7(this is the point at which the wave breaks) WAVE ENERGY In deep water the energy of a wave is proportional to the wave length X by the wave height(squ...

Global sea level change (sea level changes relative to the land) Define isostatic sea level change. Local sea level change (land changes relative to the sea) Name 2 human factors that affect the rate of coastal erosion. - Physical sea defences such as a sea wall, rock armour, groynes and gabions can slow rates of coastal er Define eustatic sea level change. osion. - TGS (Terminal Groyne Syndrome) can accelerate erosion further down the coast. Name 2 physical factors that affect the rate o...

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what are sediment littoral cells 'self contained' stretches of coastline made up of three components; sources where sediment is generated, transfer zones stretches where sediment moves along the coast, and sinks where sediment is deposited describe the essential features of backshore (3) a part of the beach above normal high tide mark, at cliff base. only effected by the sea during exceptionally high tide and storms. consists of features like storm beaches, pebbles and berms describe the e...