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LIFE’S A BEACH - Coggle Diagram
LIFE’S A BEACH
INTERTIDAL ZONES
shoreline between the low and high tides
Sandy beaches
Rocky shores
BEACH
sand/sediment along a
coast.Contains the shore, nearshore
& offshore
Shore: seaward lowest tide to waves
influence on land
Backshore
Foreshore
Nearshore
Offshore
Troughs & bars
Wave-cut terraces
Berms
Beaches are classified by
Shape & structure
Size of materials
Composition
Color
Beach Material
Sand
Gravel
Pebbles
Fragments of living material
Dunes
Dune Types
Foredune
Primary and Secondary dune ridge
MANGROVE FOREST
THE BENTHIC ENVIRONMENT
Consists of sediments
Burrowing animals
Three zones:
Bathyal (shallowest)
Abyssal
Hadal (deepest)
Coral reefs
Sea Grasses
Kelp forests
COASTAL
CLASSIFICATION
Changes with respect to sea level
Emergent
Submergent
Type of erosional activity
Erosional
Depositional
Emergent or Erosional coasts
Cliffs
caused by either an uplift of the land,
or a drop in sea level
Wave-cut platforms
Marine terraces
Submergent or Depositional coast
caused when land adjacent to sea
subsides, or sea level rises.
Features of a
Submergent coast include:
Estuaries
Spits & Baymouth bars
Tombolos
Barrier islands
Deltas