Coastal landforms

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English: Overview of different types of coasts


<nowiki>forma costiera; part menti képződmény; прыбярэжны рэльеф; прибрежная форма рельефа; tirffurf arfordirol; tírghné chósta; tirfurv arvorel; obalna reliefna oblika; 沿岸地形; forma costeira; formació costanera; крајбрежен земјиштен облик; kystlandform; прибережна форма рельєфу; kustlandvorm; relief côtier; formación costera; piekrastes reljefa forma; 해안 지형; coastal landform; borda terformo; pobřežní tvar; Küstenform; tipo di forma del suolo; Begriff der Geomorphologie (Landformenkunde); type de modelé; форма рэльефу; tipo de accidente geográfico; форма рельєфу, поняття геоморфології (науки про рельєф); type of landform; прыбярэжная форма рэльефу; krasta reljefa forma; kystlandskap; kystform; kystkontur; part menti domborzati forma</nowiki>
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Rocks sticking out of the sea

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Stacks

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A stack is a geological landform consisting of a steep and often vertical column in the sea near a coast, formed by wave erosion.

Land under sea

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Reefs

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A reef is a bar of rock, sand, coral or similar material, lying beneath the surface of water.

Shoals

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A shoal or sandbar (also called sandbank) is a somewhat linear landform within or extending into a body of water, typically composed of sand, silt or small pebbles.

Lagoons

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A lagoon is a shallow body of water separated from a larger body of water by barrier islands or reefs.

Tidal landforms

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Mudflats

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Mudflats are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers.

Beaches

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A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles.

Sand and pebble beaches

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Boulder beaches

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Boulder beaches

Rock beaches

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Rock beaches

Wave-cut platforms

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A wave-cut platform is a narrow flat area that was created by erosion.

Sea cliffs

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A sea cliff is a form of coast where the action of marine waves has formed steep cliffs.

Wave-cut notches

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Wave-cut notches are created by waves at the base of a cliff.

Headlands

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A headland is a narrow strip of land, largely surrounded by water.

Spits

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A spit or sandspit is a deposition bar or beach landform off coasts or lake shores.

Capes

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A cape is a headland or a promontory of large size extending into a body of water, usually the sea.

Peninsulas

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A peninsula is a landform surrounded by water on the majority of its border while being connected to a mainland from which it extends.

Coastal dunes

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A coastal dune is a hill of loose sand built by aeolian processes (wind) or the flow of water, along the coast.

Inlets

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An inlet is an indentation of a shoreline. From small to big:

Coves

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A cove is a small type of bay.

Bays

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A bay is a part of a sea or ocean that invades the land.

Calanques

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A calanque is a steep-sided valley formed within karstic regions.

Fjords

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A fjord is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier.

Gulfs

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A gulf is a large inlet from the ocean into the landmass, up to more than 100 km.

Rivers at coasts

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River mouths

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A river mouth is the part of a river where the river debouches into a sea or an ocean.

Estuaries

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An estuary is a partially enclosed coastal body of brackish water with one or more rivers or streams flowing into it, and with a free connection to the open sea.

River deltas

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A river delta is a system of branches of a river before it flows into the sea or into a large lake.