Costal-processes

coastal processes

1. Sea Landforms T.Seedat

2. Agent: Sea

3. Waves Waves are one of the most powerful processes shaping our coast

4. What influences the power of Waves? The power of waves is influenced by the strength of wind

5. What formations do you remember? The movement of material along a coast by waves that approach at an angle to the shore but recede directly away from it.

6. Can you identify this landform?

7. What formations do you remember? wave - cut platform benches is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline formed with rocks

8. Irregular coastline

9. Irregular coastline

10. A cove is a small type of bay or coastal inlet

11. What would happen if a large headland jutted out into the ocean?

12. Would wave action cause erosion at equal rates? Hard Rock – Soft Rock

13. Would wave action be cause at equal rates? Hard Rock – Erodes Slowly Soft Rock – Quickly Eroded

14. So can we explain the formation from our discussion?

15. Sea cave Sea Cave Sea Stump

16. Sea Arch

17. Sea Stack – Dun Briste , Co. Mayo

18. So lets see if what we have discussed is in line with the text book?

19. Are we correct? Or are we incorrect? Where can we learn from our mistake? Thank you for you time.

20. SA’s hole in the wall- Wild Coast E astern Cape