GEO 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Amazon River, Trigonometry, Toronto Harbour
14 Jun 2016
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Sudden rise of sea water that gushes to the shoreline. Known as lithoral zone and is the difference b/w highest and lowest point of the tide. Triggered by hurricanes, cyclones, and earthquakes which pulls a lot of water from the ocean. High tide is good for shipping but dangerous as well. When sea waves come in contact with land mass, this is called a notch (a cavity at the base of a hill). This notch deepens which results an overhanging mass, leaving a steep sided vertical slope, known as cliffs or sea cliffs. When constant erosion of waves creates deeper cavities and the caves come completely filled with water. Example: newfoundland, nova scotia, british columbia, atlantic canada. Gently sloping land which stretches from base of the cliff to the ocean which can be submerged during high tide and exposed to low tide. During low tide the pebbles and shingles of sediments will accumulate on to the platform.
