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41 Cards in this Set
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Greenland Ice Coast
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Glaciers overrun the coast and are in direct contact with the sea. Lots of icebergs. Small percentage of Greenlands coast.
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Acadia Coastline
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NE US in Maine
Formed by Glaciation over mountain ranges National Park of lots of Islands (Mount Desert Island) |
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Hatteras Island
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Coast of Norrth Carolina
Barrier Island with lots of shipwrecks and famous lighthouse |
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Les Pitons
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Lesser Antilles, St. Lucia, E Caribbean
Two very steep sided mountains from eroded lava domes. Lots of forests, reefs, World Heritage Site |
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Giant's Causeway
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North Ireland,
Tightly packed columns of basalt. Lots of legands about it |
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Gruniard Bay
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Primary,
Glacial Rebound ( 5 cm per century, northwest Scotland, |
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Devon Ria Coast
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Primary,
Drowned river Valley, southwest England, Salcombe-Kingsbridge Estuary: very popular for sailing. |
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White Cliffs of Dover
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Secondary,
erosion of chalk, Cap Blanc Nez is the same formation on the Frech side of the Channel, Erode very rapidly (in per year) |
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Cape Creus
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Primary,
erosion of sedimentary rocks, point where the Pryenes meet the mediteranean, NE Spain Lots of underwater life and diving, inspired Dali |
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Amalfi Coast
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Secondary,
Erosion of limestone, Just south of Naples Italy Very steep clifs with lots of caves |
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Western Algarve
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Secondary,
Erosion by waves Southern Coast of Portugal, Very popular vacation because of beauty, lots of sea stacks etc. very warm water from Gulf stream |
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Nile Delta
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Primary
Deposition of Sediment Northen Egypt Much of the Water is blocked by the Aswan Dam Threatened by sea rise |
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Skeleton Coast
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Secondary,
Wind formed Desert Dunes NW Nambia Namib Desert meets the Atlantic Winds from Atlantic condesnse creating a fog bank Very dangerous for ships w/ no chance at rescue |
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Red Sea Coast
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Faulting and land sinking Around the Red Sea (Duh) Steep escarpments on either side of the sea from movement apart and down. Lots of Coral Reefs |
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Tigris-Euphrates Delta
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Deposition from rivers (Tigris, Euphrates, and Karun) Southeastern Iraq Lots of marshes and alluvial plains, destroyed for oil searching, wars, etc. |
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Krabi Coast
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Drowned eroded limestone Andaman Sea SW Thailand Fantastic limestone formations, Karst topography, sea stacks etc. |
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Hong Kong Harbor
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Secondary
Artifical coast built around natural harbors SE China, in Hong Kong Victoria Harbor and Aberdeen Harbor are most frequented |
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Ha Long Bay
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Drowed limestone Vietnam, east of Hanoi 2000 islands from Karst Topography, many caves inside the island Coral reefs and good underwater habitat UNESCO site, danger from mining and development |
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Huon Peninsula
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Uplift of fossilized coral move upward by 10in per century Used for climate research |
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Puget Sound
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Glacial carved channels, left lots of mud behind for sedimentary features Discovered by George Vancouver and Lieutenant Puget |
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Big Sur
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Intermediate
Tectonic Uplift and erosion SE of San Fran in California Santa Lucia Mnts. decend into pacific Lots of earthquakes, very steep cliffs, lots of landslides |
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Hawaii Lava Coast
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Lava flow into the sea SE coast of the Big Island Flow form the Pu'u and O'o craters of Kilauea form the coast Black beaches |
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Chilean Fjordlands
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Primary
Glacialy Carved Valleys filled with water From Puerto Montt to Punta Arenas in Chile Lots of rainfall and fog from Mountain Effect |
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Pink Sands Beach
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Dissipative
Sand w/ shells and skeletons Habour Island, N Bahamas Large coral reef, pink comes from framiniferans w/ iron |
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St. Ninian'a Tombolo
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Yellow and White sand
Shetland Isles, off the east coast of Scotland Permenant because of cobblestone base |
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North Jutland Dunes
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Costal Dunes with marram grass
Denmarks Jutland Peninsula Dunes move along the beach, many attempts to contain this |
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Copacabana Beach
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Embayed, dissipative beach
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Very popular beach with lots of sports and parties Very strong currents off shore |
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Porthcurno Beach
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Pocket Beach
Mostly shell fragments SW England, near Cornwall Beach protected between two headlands Very turqoise water |
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Chesil Beach
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Storm beach/Tombolo
Flint and Chert S England, near Dorset Connects mainland with Isle of Portland Very steep face |
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Cap Ferret
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Costal Dunes/ Spit
Coast of Aquitaine, SW France Longest sandy coast in Europe Seperates Arcachon Lagoon from Atlantic Undergoing serious erosion from development |
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Banc d' Arguin
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Costal Dune/ Tidal Flat
W Africa, coast of Mauritania UNESCO site covered with dunes from Shahara Resting place for many migratory birds |
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Jeffreys Bay
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Dissipative Beaches
S. Africa, near Port Elizabeth Very popular surfing spot as well as shell hunting spot |
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Anjuna Beach
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Embayed and Pocket Beaches
SW India by Arabian Sea Very safe swiming areas, hit heavily by monsoons, very popular and senic |
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Cox's Bazar
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Dissipative Costal Beach
SE Bangladesh Second longest unbroken natural beach, Full of dunes, good for swimming and shell collecting |
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Shell Beach
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Embayed Beach
Cockle Beach W Australia, near Perth In shark bay, very white beach with high salinity, |
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Ninety Mile Beach
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Dissipative Costal Plain
SE Australia, near Melbourne Longest Uninterupted natural beach Lots of dunes but not good swimming because of currents, Lots of invertebrae life |
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Moeraki Beach
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Embayed Beach
SE New Zealand Large spherical boulders (10 ft in diameter) though to be uplifeted mineral concretions |
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Columbia Bay
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Embayed Beaches
S Alaska, near Valdez in Prince Williams Sound Gravel, Rocks, and Boulders no real sand |
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Punalu'u Beach
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Costal dunes
S of Portland, NE US Huge areas of dunes, however many have been destroyed by ATV use |
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Dungeness Spit
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Sand Spit
NW US, near Seattle Longest natural spit Very narrow and complex shape Good habitat for water foul |
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Tamarindo Beach
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Embayed Beach
NW Costa Rica Between two large estuaries Popular Surfing destination and leatherback turtle nesting ground |
