Littoral Zone

What is a coast

• A cardboard object you put cold or hot drinks on.

• Water that rolls and laps into water.

• The sandy part of the beach.

• Area of interaction between marine and terrestrial processes.

Define the Littoral Zone

Label feature 'A'

Name some of the inputs into the littoral zone.

Longshore Drift moves sediment:

• On and off a coast

• along a coast

_____ coastlines - have cliffs of varying heights from a few metres to hundreds of metres; cliffs are formed from rock but the hardness of the rock is variable

_________plains – the land gradually slopes towards the sea across an area of deposited sediment, with sand dunes and mud flats being the most common. Also called alluvial coasts

Label feature 'A' and 'B'

Name 4 characteristics of a Low-energy coast.

Name the 3 types of rocks