wjec a-level geography - coasts

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Decks in this class (25)

Coasts As A System
What are the inputs of coasts as ...,
What are the stores in a coastal ...,
What are the transfers in a coast...
23  cards
Temporal Variations And Their Influence On Coastal Enviroments
How are tides created,
Where is the sea level lowest,
What can movements of the sun moo...
38  cards
Land forms and landscape systems - their distinctive features and distribution
What are the 2 types of energy en...,
What are the features of a high e...,
What processes affect high energy...
9  cards
Factors affecting coastal processes and landforms
What factors decide wave type,
How does wind velocity have an im...,
How does length of time wind has ...
18  cards
Processes of coastal weathering, mass movement, erosion and associated landforms
What types of processes combine t...,
What are the 4 sub aerial processes,
What are the 4 types of marine er...
14  cards
Characteristics and formation of coastal erosional landforms
Largescale coastal erosional land...,
Smallscale coastal erosional land...,
What influences the profile of a ...
8  cards
Headlands and bays + Cave arch slump stack sequence
What are the 2 types of coast,
What is a concordant coast,
What is a discordant coast
7  cards
Caves, blowhole, geo sequence
Caves blowhole geo sequence step 1,
Caves blowhole geo sequence step 2,
Caves blowhole geo sequence step 3
3  cards
Processes of coastal transport and deposition and the associated landforms
What are the 2 key factors that d...,
What is traction,
What is saltation
9  cards
Coastal deposition
When does deposition occur,
When does a wave loose the energy...,
What is flocculation
6  cards
Characterisitics and formation of coastal depositional landforms
What are beaches made up of,
What are the main influences on t...,
Beaches are dynamic land forms why
6  cards
Features of a spit
What process moves sediment along...,
What happens to the material when...,
What do short term changes in win...
6  cards
Features of a bar
When does a bar form from a spit,
How may a bar alternatively form ...,
What is a bar called if not conne...
5  cards
Aeolian processes
What can be developed when wind r...,
What are the condition required f...,
Formation of sand dunes step 1
9  cards
Features and types of sand dunes
What are ridges,
What are stacks,
What are grey dunes
8  cards
Fluvial processes
What are fluvial processes,
What are tidal flats,
Features of tidal flats
5  cards
Biotic processes
What are coral reefs,
What are the best conditions for ...,
Where are most coral reefs found ...
9  cards
Variations in landforms voer timescales
What can change in seconds,
What can change in a seasonal period,
What can change in a millennia
14  cards
Coastal processes are vital context for human activity
Positive impacts of coastal proce...,
Negative impacts of coastal proce...
2  cards
The growth of tourism
What are natural features that gr...,
How can deep water help tourism,
How can rebranding and marketing ...
15  cards
Managment strategies relating to impacts of coastal processes on human acitivty
What is the process of management...,
What is the process of management...,
What is the process of management...
11  cards
Hard engineering stratergies
Sea walls,
Rock armour rip rap,
Revetments
8  cards
Soft Engineering stratergies
Beach nourishment,
Beach reprofiling,
Beach recycling
6  cards
Positive impacts of human activity
What are positive impacts of huma...,
What are conservation stratergies,
What are negative impacts of huma...
8  cards
How can human impacts on coastal land forms be managed
What does iczm mean,
What is iczm,
What does iczm involve
3  cards

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