Coastal Features

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What is a coast?

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A coast is a place where the land meets the ocean and sea. It is essentially the boundary between land and water.

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What is the length of the world's coastline?

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The world has about 312,000 kilometres of coastline.

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What is a seashore?

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The seashore is the land along the coast, often featuring a strip of sand, shingle, pebbles, or mud at the edge of the sea, known as a beach.

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What features might be found behind a beach?

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Behind a beach, there might be cliffs or sand dunes.

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How has the coastline in Australia been shaped?

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The wind and waves have shaped the coastline in Australia into a series of cliffs and rocky towers called stacks.