littoral zone and landscapes

• landform is a feature created by natural processes
• landscape includes all visible features in an area
• landforms in an area created by combo of weathering , erosion , transportation and deposition
• impact of landform prices depends upon factors such as climate and geology
• littoral zone is sub-zones to represent features of wider coastline from sea to land
• 4 zones of littoral zone:

  • backshore
  • offshore
  • foreshore
  • nearshore
• littoral zone inputs and outputs:

  inputs: action of waves , currents and wind

  output: washed out into sea by deposition

  SEDIMENT is key INPUT
• littoral drift is the process in which material is shifted laterally along the coastline at an oblique angle
• global conveyor belt - hows Earth's rotation affects direction in which wind travels across the earth