Waves and erosion

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Energy source for waves

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Wind

Front

Fetch

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Distance wind travels uninterrupted

Front

Destructive waves: steep wavefront?

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True

Front

Waves that create steeper beaches

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Destructive

Front

Erosion: Natural process of waves hitting shores

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Displaces and breaks down material to form rocks and beaches

Front

Type of erosion by soluble chemicals in ocean acidity

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Solution

Front

Erosion by waves breaking through rocks

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Hydraulic action

Front

Rocks harder to erode

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Hard

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Attrition in geography

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Rocks in seas knocking against each other, getting smaller

Front

Solution corrosion in geography

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Solvable rocks dissolving in ocean due to acidity