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5.4 - Spits, Tombolos and Bars

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Longshore drift is best described as the…

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Which landform is a narrow ridge of sand or shingle attached to the land at one end and projecting into the sea?

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A tombolo is formed when deposited sediment…

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A coastal bar is usually a ridge of sand or shingle that lies…

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Which type of waves is MOST likely to build up depositional features such as spits and bars?

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In longshore drift, the swash usually moves sediment…

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Which feature is MOST likely to create sheltered water that can become a lagoon?

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Near the Nariva River mouth (Trinidad), sand is moved along the coast and forms a long, narrow ridge extending into the sea. Which landform has formed?

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At Scotts Head (Dominica), a sandy ridge links a rocky ‘island’ to the mainland. Which process combination best explains this?

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After a week of stormy weather on a windward coast, a small spit becomes shorter and narrower. The MOST likely reason is that…

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A new groyne is built on a tourist beach in Barbados to reduce sand loss. After several months, sand builds up on one side of the groyne while the other side becomes narrower. The build-up is on the…

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Which set of conditions is MOST favourable for the formation of a coastal bar?

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Why are beaches often found in bays between two headlands on many Caribbean coasts?

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A bay-bar forms across a bay mouth and a lagoon develops behind it. Which is the BEST evidence that deposition is dominating?

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A coast runs north–south. Prevailing winds drive waves from the north-east, so waves approach the shore at an angle and longshore drift moves sediment southward. If a spit forms at a river mouth on this coast, it will MOST likely grow…

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Which statement is MOST accurate about tombolo formation?

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Over several decades, sea level rises gradually around a low-lying Caribbean coast with an offshore bar. Which change is MOST likely?

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A harbour breakwater is built on a coast in Saint Lucia. Longshore drift is interrupted and less sand reaches a nearby spit. What is the MOST likely long-term effect?

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A narrow ridge of sand stretches across the mouth of a small bay on a leeward coast, creating a shallow lagoon behind it. Which landform is being described?

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In north-west Guyana, spits can occur near river mouths even though the rivers deliver lots of fine mud. Which explanation is BEST?

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A spit grows across the entrance of a river estuary. Over time, the water behind it becomes very calm, muddy, and partly enclosed. What is the MOST likely next development?

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Longshore drift is best described as the…

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