Transportation - To move sediment, Erosion - To wear away sediment, Deposition - To drop sediment, Constructive - Type of wave to build up the beach, Destructive - Type of wave to take sediment away from the beach, Bay - Areas of soft rock which have been worn away, usually have a sandy beach, Headland - Areas of hard, resistant rock that jut out into the sea, Fetch - The distance that waves travel, Cave - Cracks in the cliff face that have worn to form an opening in the cliff, Arch - A cave that has been eroded all the way through, Stack - What is left behind after an arch can no longer support its own weight, Stump - What a stack becomes when it is worn away, Longshore drift - The zig-zag movement of sediment along the beach, Sea wall - A solid slab of concrete or stone that blocks waves, Groynes - Wooden fences that run down the beach, Gabions - Steel cages that are filled with rocks, Rock armour - Large boulders that are placed on the beach, Beach nourishment - Sand being added to a beach, Spit - Sand extending out from the mainland into the sea, Hooked - What is called a spit is when it becomes curved at the end,
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