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Why do coastal landscapes in the UK differ? Which processes shape them? (a) Categorise

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Click on an item, then click on a category to place it. Or, drag and drop the item into the correct category. Organise all items before clicking 'Check'.

Concordant coastline
Discordant coastline

Joints and faults



Areas of weakness in the rock that allow for erosion by the sea
Swanage Bay between Ballard Point and Durlston Head (both headlands)
Lulworth Cove and Stair Hole, Dorset
The bands of softer rock are eroded faster, causing bays to develop, while bands of harder rock erode more slowly, creating headlands
The more there are, the faster the headland will erode
Bands of rock are parallel to the coastline
May be a vertical crack that develops into a cave
Bands of rock meet the coast at an angle, exposing the different strata to the sea
Coves are formed where the sea erodes and breaks through into a layer of softer rock behind
Formed through the movement of rock through geological processes including uplift and folding

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Pass Mark
70%