geograohy coast

coastal rearms are..

dynamic environment

system

a set of components that working together

flow / transfer

linkage between one store and anouther

input

the addition of matter

output

energy or matter taken out of a system

store/ components

a part of system where energy is stored

coasts are an open system..

bc inputs and outputs

erosianal landforms

stumps and stacks and headlands

depositionl landforms

spits bars and salt marches

stores

sand dunes and off shore bars and beaches

lirroral zone

boundary between land and sea

foreshore

between high water mark and low wartet mark

back shore

above high tide only effected by waves during big storms

inshore

area between low wartet mark where waves don’t have an impalct

3 process’s of costal system

inputs outputs and processes

area between low wartet mark where waves cease to have any impact

inshore

why is foreshore important

where marine processes happen

external factors

relief, changes in sea level, human activities

dynamic equilibrium

when inputs blähte the outputs

prevailing

most dominant

pervading wind in UK

from south west

factors determining wind energy

the strength, the duruation, the fetch