| Front | How are spits formed? |
| Back | Spits tend to form when the coast suddenly changes direction (ie across river mouths). Longshore drift continues to deposit material across the river mouth, leaving a bank of sand a shingle sticking out to the sea. |
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| Front | What are ripraps? |
| Back | Ripraps are a form of hard engineering. They are boulders piled up along the coast - they absorb wave energy. They are fairly cheap but they can shift in storms. |
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| Front | What is the effect of tides on the beach? |
| Back | Tides affect the position at which waves break on the beach (at high tide they break higher up the shore). The area of land between maximum high tide and minimum low tide is where most landforms are created and destroyed. |
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