Coastal Erosion
Headlands
A Headland is a
narrow strip of land
that projects out into a
body of water. It
possess cracks and
gaps that water can
lodge into causing
Hydraulic Erosion.
This is an image of the
Barwon Heads
headland called The
Bluff.
Wave-Cut Cliff
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A Wave-Cut Cliff
is a steep rock
face created by
the eroding
action of waves.
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This is loated on
the Great Ocean
Road (the 12
apostles).
Wave-cut Platforms
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A flat area found at
the base of a
wave-cut cliff. This is
formed from wavecut cliffs crumbling
and being washed
away and leaving
behind these small
platforms.
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This is located in
Southerndown,
Wales.
Sea Cave
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A sea Cave is a
cave formed from
the constant
crashing of waves
onto the cliff face.
The hydraulic
erosion (in cracks in
the rock face)
causes the rock
where the waves
crash to crumble
and disappear,
leaving a cave.
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This is located in
Dwejra Bay, Victoria
Sea Arch
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A Sea Arch is a
natural hole carved
through a
headland, due to
erosion by waves.
Wave refraction
and erosion from
waves causes this
arch.
This is located on the
Great Ocean Road.
Sea Stack
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A Sea Stack is a
column of rock
standing in the sea
detached from a
cliff. This occurs
from refractive
waves destroying
the headland and
leaving a sea arch
that eventually
crumbles due to
gravity.
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This is a picture of
the 12 apostles on
the Great Ocean
Road.
Sea Stump
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A sea stump is a
small column of rock
that barely comes
above the surface of
the ocean. It is cause
by the sea stack
being eroded by
waves until it falls
and only a stump is
left.
Tombolo
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A tombolo is derived
from the Latin
tumulus which
means ‘mound’, is a
landform in which
an island is attached
to the mainland by a
narrow piece of land
created by
longshore drift.
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This is a picture of a
tombolo in Japan
called the Angel
Road.