Y8 Coasts SEE

A strip of land covered with sand, shingle, or small stones where the land meets the sea

• Cliff

• Wave

• Beach

• Deposition

Where the land meets the sea

• Beach

• Coast

• Cliff

• Shingle

The process where water wears away the land

• Deposition

• Erosion

• Tides

• Cliff

When the sea drops the load (e.g. sand, rocks) that it is carrying

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Cliffs

• Beach

A long body of water curling into an arched form

• Tide

• Beach

• Wave

• Erosion

A use of the coast to do with people and how they spend their time

• Social

• Economic

• Environmental

A use of the coast to do with money and business

• Social

• Economic

• Environmental

A use of the coast to do with nature

• Social

• Economic

• Environmental

The process by which the sea level rises and falls

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Tides

• Wave

A steep rock face, especially at the edge of the sea

• Beach

• Coast

• Cliff

• Shingle