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Coastal systems and sediment budgets
Online Lesson | 02 Sep 2026 | Start: 18:00 | DURATION: 2 HOURS Specification content
3.1.3.1 Coasts as natural systems
Systems in physical geography: systems concepts and their application to the development of
coastal landscapes - inputs, outputs, energy, stores/components, flows/transfers, positive/negative feedback, dynamic equilibrium. The concepts of landform and landscape and how related landforms combine to form characteristic landscapes.
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3.1.1.1 Water and carbon cycles as natural systems
Systems in physical geography: systems concepts and their application to the water and carbon cycles inputs - outputs, energy, stores/components, flows/transfers, positive/negative feedback, dynamic equilibrium.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- What the coastal system is and how it relates to other Earth systems.
- What the inputs, outputs, stores and flows/transfers of coastal systems are.
- How positive and negative feedback change coastal systems and the concept of dynamic equilibrium.
Suggested timing
2 hours
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Course Module: Coastal systems and landscapes (Autumn 1) | Lesson Coastal systems and sediment budgets:
Online Lesson | 02 Sep 2026 | Start: 18:00 | DURATION: 2 HOURS Specification content
3.1.3.1 Coasts as natural systems
Systems in physical geography: systems concepts and their application to the development of
coastal landscapes - inputs, outputs, energy, stores/components, flows/transfers, positive/negative feedback, dynamic equilibrium. The concepts of landform and landscape and how related landforms combine to form characteristic landscapes.
Links with other units
3.1.1.1 Water and carbon cycles as natural systems
Systems in physical geography: systems concepts and their application to the water and carbon cycles inputs - outputs, energy, stores/components, flows/transfers, positive/negative feedback, dynamic equilibrium.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- What the coastal system is and how it relates to other Earth systems.
- What the inputs, outputs, stores and flows/transfers of coastal systems are.
- How positive and negative feedback change coastal systems and the concept of dynamic equilibrium.
Suggested timing
2 hours
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