wave cut platform

• how are wave cut platforms formed?


  by erosion of the cliff
• how will waves erode the cliff?


  using hydraulic action and abrasion

  • this will produce a wave cut notch at the base of the cliff (the cliff is undercut)
  • eventually, cliff becomes top heavy and collapses
  • this processes repeats and leaves a wave cut platofmr
• what is a wave cut platform?

  A gently sloping rocky platform at the base of the cliff