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Internet Geography: Coastal Environments
This site is part of GeoNet Internet Geography, a resource for pre-collegiate British geography students and their instructors. This page focuses on coastlines as dynamic environments, investigating changes and the processes that are responsible for them. Topics covered include erosion, cliff recession, erosion of a headland, beaches, longshore drift, deposition features, salt marshes, sand dunes and a case study of the Holderness Coast.
Intended for grade levels:
  • Middle (6-8)
  • High (9-12)
Type of resource:
  • For the classroom:
    • Case study
  • Visual:
    • Illustration - scientific
  • Text:
    • Ref. material
  • Services:
    • Ask an expert
Subject:
  • Geographical Sciences:
    • Physical geography
  • Geological Sciences:
    • Geology
Technical requirements:
No specific technical requirements, just a browser required
Cost / Copyright:
No cost
All material on GeoNet is copyright of the site creator and those people donating material (such as photographs, advice, links, reviews, etc.). This is of course unless stated. Materials on this site are there to download and use for educational purposes. Under no circumstances are downloaded resources (such as photographs) to be used for anything other than educational purposes, and most certainly not for financial gain.
DLESE Catalog ID: DLESE-000-000-003-570
Resource contact / Creator / Publisher:
Editor: Anthony Bennett
Isaac Newton School Geography Department