0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called?
Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift, sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called a spit.
What effect does a long shore current have?
it carries sand / sediment along the beach to another point often causing a spit or bar.
How do spits develop?
spits are the processes of longshore drift, this is where the waves deposit sand down a beach according to prevailing wind, this happens gradually and this sand can stretch around the headlandand out from the shore, the are behind the spit will become a salt marsh as it will get less water, these spits can then extend and join up two parts of the headland (a bar) or a headlant ot an island (a tombolo).
What is a famous example of a spit?
An famous example of a spit is spurn head which forms the north bank of the humber estuary
Does spit freeze?
it is a liquid therefore it does
What is the name of the largest sand spit on earth?
The longest sand spit on earth is the Curonian Spit.
What is a sand?
Well, do you mean a sand SPIT?
What is an elongated strip of sand called?
spit
Beginning with the source of sand explain how spit forms?
spit forms as a result of deposition by longshore drift
What are coastal features formed as a result of longshore drift?
Beaches, Sand bars and Spits.
Beginning with the source of sand explain how a spit forms?
spit forms as a result of deposition by longshore drift
Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called?
Where a coastline turns and interrupts longshore drift, sand may be deposited in a fingerlike landform called a spit.
In poptropica what do you do to get the diamond in Giza where the guys who spit sand?
eat do do
What are sand splits and barrier islands?
Sand Spit: A sand spit is an elongated line of sand that usually extends parallel to shore. Barrier Islands: Barrier Islands are long,narrow coastal island.
What is a sand spilt?
A "sand spit" is an elongated line of sand (or sandbar) that usually extends parallel to the shore, connected to the mainland. If it grows high enough to survive tides, it can become a peninsula. If it is separated from the land after forming, it can become an offshore barrier island.
What is four letters that is land next to the sea?
Sand? Spit? Isle?
What is the difference between a sand bar and a spit?
The difference is that a spit is that one end of a spit is connected to the shore, and the other end is in the ocean. A sand bar is close to the shore, but is not attached to it. Sandbars can be underwater or poking out of the surface of the ocean. Below are some links for images to help you get the idea.
