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  2. Coastal geography - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Category:Coastal and oceanic landforms - Wikipedia

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    Coastal landforms and Physical oceanography topographic landforms ... Sound (geography) Spit (landform) Stack (geology) Steep coast; Strait; Strand plain;

  4. Concordant coastline - Wikipedia

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    Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight is an example of an area of concordant coastline - the town of Freshwater is situated on a cove which formed in the hard chalk coastline.. In coastal geography, a concordant, longitudinal, or Pacific type coastline occurs where beds, or layers, of differing rock types are folded into ridges that run parallel to the coast. [1]

  5. Spit (landform) - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing a spit A spit contrasted with other coastal landforms. Curonian Spit, divided between Russia and Lithuania. A spit (cognate with the word for a rotisserie bar) or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

  6. Headland - Wikipedia

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    A headland, also known as a head, is a coastal landform, a point of land usually high and often with a sheer drop, that extends into a body of water. It is a type of promontory. A headland of considerable size often is called a cape. [1] Headlands are characterised by high, breaking waves, rocky shores, intense erosion, and steep sea cliff.

  7. Stack (geology) - Wikipedia

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    A stack or sea stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column or columns of rock in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion. [1] Stacks are formed over time by wind and water, processes of coastal geomorphology. [2]

  8. Coast - Wikipedia

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    Thus the term coastal waters is used in a slightly different way in discussions of legal and economic boundaries [40] (see territorial waters and international waters) or when considering the geography of coastal landforms or the ecological systems operating through the continental shelf (marine coastal ecosystems). The research on coastal ...

  9. Beach cusps - Wikipedia

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    In the adjacent diagram, the two waves cancel each other out, creating a flat surface. However, this is a highly simplified version of events. The incoming wave has the same wave period as the edge wave, so the incoming wave changes from a peak to a trough over the same period as it takes the standing wave to change so they keep the same pattern.

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