Coastal Features

Name all of these coastal features using the descriptions given. Good Luck!

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Hint	Answer
Is formed due to longshore drift	Spit
Occurs when two caves widen and break through the cliff	Arch
Is formed when an arch collapses	Stack
Sticks out to sea	Headland
Is a deposition landform by which an island becomes attached to the mainland by a narrow piece of land	Tombolo
When rocks detach from the cliff and build up at the bottom	Wave cut platform
Forms when a stack collapses	Stump
Develops when a large crack widens and gets bigger	Cave

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Is formed when the waves wear away the bottom of the cliff	Wave cut notch
Is a submerged or partly exposed ridge of sand or coarse sediment that is built by waves offshore from a beach.	Sand bar
Is a broad inlet of the sea where the land curves inwards.	Bay
Is a massive rocky feature that can be very large	Cliff
Can be very dangerous if you don't watch your step	Overhang
Is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone	Salt marsh
Is the force that decides where a sand spit will be	Prevailing winds