Coastal Deposition Landforms (iGCSE Geo)

I happen when the waves don't have enough energy to carry sediment

• Deposition
• Erosion
• Swash
• Backwash

What is Deposition?

• When waves lose energy and leave sediments / sand along a coast.
• The wearing away of land, removal of beach rocks/sand by water or wind.
• An area of land that smells different to other places.
• An area that has a lot of wind.

Waves are created by wind 

• True 
• False 

The "fetch" is the strength of the wind 

• true 
• false 

The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede straight down the beach is called...

• Longshore drift
• Swash
• Backwash
• Recession

This is

• Longshore Drift
• Nearshore currents
• Attrition
• Undertow

Identify this coastal landform.

• Spit

• Tombolo

• Headland

• Sandbar

Identify this coastal landform.

• Spit

• Tombolo

• Headland

• Sandbar

Which of these is created by deposition?

• cave

• Sea stack

• bay

• beach

Which of these is not created by deposition?

• cave

• spit

• dune

• beach