Coastal Processes & Landforms (Edexcel IGCSE Geography)

Study Figure 2 which shows a coastal area at three different times.

Identify where the new shoreline is in diagram B.

Study Figure 2 which shows a coastal area at three different times. 

(i) Identify which of the two sea-level changes (in diagrams B or C) results in a loss of land.

(1)

(ii) Identify two impacts that a fall in sea level has on the coastal area.

(2)

Identify the statement below that best describes the characteristics of a destructive wave.

Identify one erosional landform.

(i) State one type of mass movement that affects coastal landscapes.

(1)

(ii) Explain one type of mechanical weathering that occurs at the coast.

(2)

Study Figure 2b below.

Identify the coastal landform at X.

Identify the statement below that best describes the characteristics of a constructive wave.

Identify  one depositional landform.

(i) State one type of weathering that affects coastal landscapes.

(1)

(ii) Explain the process of longshore drift.

(2)

Study Figure 2b below.

Identify the coastal landform X.