Coastal transport and deposition

What depositional feature can you identify in this photograph?

• Beach

• Spit

• Bar

• Tombolo

What depositional feature can you identify in this photograph?

• Beach

• Spit

• Bar

• Tombolo

What depositional feature can you identify in this photograph?

• Beach

• Spit

• Bar

• Tombolo

What depositional feature can you identify in this photograph?

• Beach

• Spit

• Bar

• Tombolo

Which of the following are essential for the formation of a spit?

• Deposition

• Longshore drift

• Erosion

• Constructive waves

Where does a spit begin to form?

• In a bay

• On a headland

• Where the coast changes direction

• Under an arch

Which of the following statements are true about a bar?

• They require longshore drift to form

• They grow from the mainland to an island

• They have a lagoon behind them

• They start as spits

Give one reason why depositional features such as spits and beaches are important.