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Coastal Landscapes
On exam #4
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Geography
Undergraduate 1
11/12/2008
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Coastal components:

Definition
  •  Shore
  • Coast
  • Shoreline
  • Littoral zone
  • Beach

 

 

 
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Agents:

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  • Waves
  • Currents
  • Tides
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Size of a wave determined by:

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  • Wind velocity
  • Direction
  • Duration
  • Fetch

 
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Current types

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  • Longshore
  • Rip
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Forces behind tides:

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  • Earth's rotation
  • Gravitational pull of the moon
  • Gravitational pull of the sun
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