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Question 25

Study Figure 2a, a sketch map showing a coastal spit and salt marsh.

Figure 2a: A sketch map of a coastal spit. It shows longshore drift carrying sediment from west to east. Where the coastline bends northwards into an estuary, a spit extends across the estuary mouth. The recurved spit end points landward. Behind the spit, in the calm, sheltered estuary waters, a salt marsh is labelled as forming on deposited mud and silt layers.

Suggest two ways deposition has influenced the development of the coastal landforms shown in Figure 2a.

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Coastal environments

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Question 25

Study Figure 2a, a sketch map showing a coastal spit and salt marsh.

Figure 2a: A sketch map of a coastal spit. It shows longshore drift carrying sediment from west to east. Where the coastline bends northwards into an estuary, a spit extends across the estuary mouth. The recurved spit end points landward. Behind the spit, in the calm, sheltered estuary waters, a salt marsh is labelled as forming on deposited mud and silt layers.

Suggest two ways deposition has influenced the development of the coastal landforms shown in Figure 2a.

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Coastal environments

Question 25

Coastal environments Questions

Coastal environments

Question 25

Coastal environments Questions