Bar | | The zone between mean high tide and the coastline |
Tsunamis | | Spit of sand or offshore bar joining an island to the mainland |
Swell | | A ridge of sediment which is continually deposited close to a headland, just offshore. It is usually visible only during low tide |
Coastline | | A submerged or partly exposed ridge of sand or coarse sediment that is built by waves offshore from a beach |
Coast | | Earthquake movement below the ocean floor or cyclones cause _________ |
Spit | | Drops material either on the coast or just offshore to form a feature |
Deposition | | ______wave is the gentle, smooth and unbroken movement of regular waves in the ocean |
Bay-head beach | | Sediment is continually deposited to form a tongue of sand and other materials projecting into the sea from a point on the mainland and terminating in the sea. |
Berm | | Stretch of open water over which the wind blows onstantly on is called the ______ |
Offshore bar | | The zone or strip of land extending from the deepest point to which the waves transport material to the coastline where the land rises inland |
Beach | | Develops at the head, or inner most part, of a bay. In this area wave action is usually not very strong and deposition occurs. |
Tombolo | | An accumulation of material such as boulders, pebbles, shingle, sand and mud on sloping ground, a wave-cut platform or shelving ground |
Backshore | | The raised part of the beach where vegetation grows |
Fetch | | Lower zone of the beach lying between low and high water levels |
Foreshore | | Highest point where the land and the sea meet |