Coasts Geography IGCSE

Which of these coastal landforms are created by deposition?

• Cave

• Stack

• Tombolo

• Wave cut platform

What is the erosional process in which large rocks are pushed by waves up against the headland cliffs, eroding the cliff face further?

• Hydraulic action.

• Abrasion.

• Attrition.

• Solution.

Which of these coastal landforms is created by erosion?

• Cave
• Tombolo
• Beach
• Spit

Hydraulic action is when air becomes trapped in joints and cracks on a cliff face and then a wave breaks, the trapped air is compressed which weakens the cliff and causes erosion.

• true 
• false 

What is this

• Sea cave
• Sea stack
• Sea arch
• Headland

What is this?

• Beach
• Sea cave
• Headland
• Barrier Island

What is this landform?

• mountain
• glacier
• bay
• canyon

This is a 

• Stack
• Arch
• Wave cut platform
• Blowhole

This is a

• Bayhead beach
• Bayside beach
• Spit
• Tombolo

Identify this coastal landform.

• Spit

• Tombolo

• Headland

• Sandbar