36. CGP (p44) Identifying coastal landforms

What landform does the term 'point' indicate on an ordnance survey maps?

Identify the erosional landforms indicated by the two arrows.

............ and .............. can't be seen because of the rock above them.

• Arches

  Caves

• Stacks

  Stumps

• Cliffs

  Wave cut platforms

......... and other steep slopes are shown as little black lines

Identify the coastal erosional landform from the diagram.

• Cliff

• Wave cut platform

• Wave cut notch

................... are shown as bumpy edges along the coast.

• Cliffs

• Wave cut platforms

• Stacks

Identifying depositional landforms is easy once you know that beaches are shown in ............ on maps

......... beaches are shown as white or yellow with speckles

....... are shown on an ordnance survey map as a beach that carries on out to sea but still attached to the land at one end.

What change in the coastline, which causes a spit to form, can be seen on an ordnance survey map?

Answer: A .......... bend