Landforms of Coastal Deposition (Spitts etc) - slides

• Landforms of Coastal Deposition

  Spits, tombolos, bars and barrier beaches
• Spits


  • Formation of spits
  • Recurved spits
  • Simple spits
  • Compound Spits
• Bars


  • Slaptons Sands in Devon
• Barrier beach or barrier island

  Elongated bank of deposited sand or shingle lying parallel to the coastline and not submerged by incoming tides

  
• Lagoon or coastal marsh or mangrove swamp


  Sheltered area between a barrier beach and the land