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| vertical distance from one trough to crest |
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| horizontal distance separating crests from successive troughs |
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| time interval between passage of successive troughs |
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| Factors of wave length, height, and period |
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1. wind speed
2. length of time wind has blown
3. fetch, or distance wind has blown across open water |
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| ridges of sand that extend into the mouth of an adjacent bay |
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| completely seal off a bay from the open ocean |
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| ridge of sand that connects an island to the main land |
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| built at right angles to the beach to trap sand (to maintain or widen beaches that are losing sand) |
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| wall-like structures built parallel to the shore to protects boats from the force of breaking waves (allows sand to accumulate, filling the marina) |
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| sawing and grinding action of the water (erodes shore, has rock fragments) |
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| originate by the cutting action of the surf against the base of the coastal land |
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| a flat, bench-like surface, forms when the cliff crumbles and retreats |
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| forms when sea arches collapse, leaving an isolated stack of rock (will eventually be eliminated by erosion.) |
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