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Mindmap von Freya Bolton, aktualisiert more than 1 year ago
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Erstellt von Freya Bolton
vor etwa 11 Jahre
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How waves erode
- Hydraulic action
- The sheer power/force of the waves
pushes the water into cracks in the rock
and compresses the air. Pressure will
eventually cause the rock to break
- The sheer power/force of the waves
pushes the water into cracks in the rock
and compresses the air. Pressure will
eventually cause the rock to break
- Abrasion/ Corrasion
- Waves contain material like pebble and
shingle. It hurls them against a cliff
faces and the material in the wave is
used to break the cliff up.
- Waves contain material like pebble and
shingle. It hurls them against a cliff
faces and the material in the wave is
used to break the cliff up.
- Corrosion
- Sea water reacts chemically with the
rock and dissolves it
- Sea water reacts chemically with the
rock and dissolves it
- Attrition
- This is when the rocks in the water
knock against each other and become
smaller, rounded and smoother
- This is when the rocks in the water
knock against each other and become
smaller, rounded and smoother
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