2. Beaches and Cliffs
This page introduces the processes that shape beach profiles and form cliffs and wave-cut platforms. Students examine the importance of waves and geology in forming different types of coastline, including coasts of deposition and coasts of erosion. Syllabus 2.2.1 The characteristics and formation of landforms: cliffs, wave-cut platforms and beaches. Beaches are depositional landforms that vary in size and shape. Four...