Coastal Deposits Worksheet
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Coastal Deposits Worksheet
Coastal field notes
A coastal deposit is material left behind when moving water or wind loses energy. Waves can carry sand, shingle and mud along the shore. When waves slow down, they drop some of this material. Over time, deposited material can build beaches, spits and sand dunes. A spit is a long, narrow ridge of sand or shingle joined to the coast at one end. Longshore drift moves sediment along a beach: the swash carries material up the shore at an angle; the backwash flows straight down the slope. Plants such as marram grass can trap wind-blown sand and help dunes grow.
- Waves pick up material and carry it away.
- Moving water or wind loses energy and drops material.
- Rock is broken into smaller pieces by weathering.
- Beach
- Spit
- Sand dune
- A narrow ridge of deposited material joined to land at one end
- A stretch of shore where sand or shingle has accumulated
- A mound of wind-blown sand that may be trapped by plants
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