Coastal processes
This website will allow you to understand some of the physical processes affecting Britain's coasts
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Coastal landforms - Headlands, Caves, Arches, Stacks and stumps
Coastal Landforms - Wave cut platform
Depositional Landforms - Bars
Depositional Landforms - Spits
Depositional Landforms - Tombola
Headlands, Caves, Arches, Stacks and Stumps
Caves, arches, stacks and stumps are created by erosion.
Faults in the rock allow hydraulic action to erode into the headland creating a cave
This cave expands and separates from the headland, becoming a stack.
This stack continues to erode and forms a stump.
Coastal processes