enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Category:Coastal and oceanic landforms - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Coastal_and...

    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Coastal landforms and Physical oceanography topographic landforms ... (coastal geography) H. Haff (lagoon) Headland; I.

  3. Continental shelf - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_shelf

    The shelf usually ends at a point of increasing slope [3] (called the shelf break).The sea floor below the break is the continental slope. [4] Below the slope is the continental rise, which finally merges into the deep ocean floor, the abyssal plain. [5]

  4. Coastal geography - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_geography

    Coastal geography is the study of the constantly changing region between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, climatology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and history) of the coast.

  5. Glossary of geography terms (A–M) - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_geography_terms...

    Diagram of various coastal landforms depicting a barrier island barrier reef A coral reef lying parallel to a shore and some distance from it, creating a sheltered lagoon which the reef protects from the open ocean. [4] barrier ridge Any steep, unnavigable ridge or escarpment isolating one terrain from another. barrio

  6. Continental margin - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_margin

    Profile illustrating the shelf, slope and rise. A continental margin is the outer edge of continental crust abutting oceanic crust under coastal waters.It is one of the three major zones of the ocean floor, the other two being deep-ocean basins and mid-ocean ridges.

  7. Marine coastal ecosystem - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_coastal_ecosystem

    The diagram on the right shows the current state of modified and impacted coastal ecosystems and the expected state following the decade of restoration. [268] Also, shown is the uncertainty in the success of past restoration efforts, current state of altered systems, climate variability, and restoration actions that are available now or on the ...

  8. Coast - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast

    The term coastal zone is used to refer to a region where interactions of sea and land processes occur. [10] Both the terms coast and coastal are often used to describe a geographic location or region located on a coastline (e.g., New Zealand's West Coast, or the East, West, and Gulf Coast of the United States.)

  9. Coastal landforms of Ireland - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastal_landforms_of_Ireland

    This list catalogues about 400 of the coastal landforms of the island including bays, estuaries, harbours, headlands, and many others. [3] [4] [5] Most offshore features such as islands, stags , and rocks are omitted but are presented at List of islands of Ireland. A list of beaches is available at List of beaches in Ireland.