Systems approach the coast: Coast as a system

• What are inputs of energy and sediment


  From wind, waves, tides, and currents

  From land and offshore part of sea
• What are stores


  Sediment from the land sediment from the offshore part of sea
• What are outputs of energy and sediment?


  Dissipation of the energy from wind,waves and tides

  Loss of sediment to the land and to offshore part of sea
• What are the main elements of systems?


  - inputs

  - stores

  - flows

  - outputs