The Coastal Zone Key Terms Flashcards

Fetch

Beach

Crest

Swash

Backwash

Constructive wave

Destructive wave

Cliff

Rockfall

Hydraulic power

Corrasion

Longshore drift

Bay

Headland

Wave-cut platform

Wave-cut notch

Cave

Arch

Stack

Spit

Salt marsh

Bar

Sliding

Slumping

Landslip

Shoreline Management Plan (SMP)

Hard engineering

Soft engineering

Sea wall

Groyne

Rock armour

Managed retreat

Pioneer plant

Sediment

Vegetation succession