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| A ring shaped island or chain of islands, usually made up of corals, and wich nearly encircles a lagoon. |
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| A gentle current of water that runs down a beach slope under an oncoming wave. |
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Barrier Island [image] [image] |
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| Islands formed by waves and currents parallel to a strait shoreline. |
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| A reef seperated from the mainland by a wide lagoon. |
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| The area of a shoreline located between the low tide and high tide levels. |
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| Small, shallow depressions formed by deflatation. |
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Tiny colonial sea animals that form a large part of earths reefs. |
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| Removal of rock particals by wind. |
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Desert Pavement [image] [image] |
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| Pebbles and boulders left in a desert when the sand and silt are blown away. |
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| A storm with strong, steady winds that lift a great amount of silt and clay from topsoil. |
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| Length of open water over wich a wind blows steadily. |
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| Long steep sided bay formed when the sea floods. |
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| Reef found close to the shore. |
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| Shallow protected area of water located landward from a sandbar. |
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| Fine sediment deposit by erosion. |
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Longshort current [image] [image] |
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A current that flows parallel to the shoreline. |
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A subdivision of a geological era. |
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| The bending of light waves as they pass from one kind of substance to another of diffrent density. or when water waves reach shallow waters. |
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Strong surface current that flows away from the beach. |
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| Cliff formed at shoreline by wave erosion. |
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| Motion of water pushed up a beach by breaking waves. |
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| A gigantic wave that results from an underwater earthquake or landslide, or volcanic erupotion. |
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| Wedge-shaped rocks formed by wind erosion in deserts. |
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| The distance between two sucsessive wave crests. |
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