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Coasts (Waves (Types of waves (Constructive (Low, has powerful swash,…
Coasts
Waves
Types of waves
Constructive
Low, has powerful swash, creates a slope beach
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Destructive
Steep eave front, powerful backwash
Takes sediment, Steep beach
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Movement
When they meet the coast
As water becomes shallower, circular motion of water becomes elliptical due to friction
How they form
Wind blows over sea and causes friction, ripples
These develop into waves, fetch is the distance the wind goes
Lyme Regis
Issues
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I honestly don't care about life. We are born, for what purpose? to work? To reproduce? As Silenus said to Midas: What is best of all is utterly beyond your reach: not to be born, not to be, to be nothing. But the second best for you is—to die soon.
Management
Phase 1
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2003-2004, 1.5b given to stabilise cliffs, big nails
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