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Coastal landforms of deposition
Online Lesson | 15 Sep 2026 | Start: 16:00 | DURATION: 3 HOURS Specification content
3.1.3.3 Coastal landscape development
- This content must include study of a variety of landscapes from beyond the United Kingdom (UK) but may also include UK examples.
- Origin and development of landforms and landscapes of coastal deposition. Beaches, simple and compound spits, tombolos, offshore bars, barrier beaches and islands and sand dunes; factors and processes in their development.
- Estuarine mudflat/saltmarsh environments and associated landscapes; factors and processes in their development.
- Recent and predicted climatic change and potential impact on coasts.
- The relationship between process, time, landforms and landscapes in coastal settings.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- The factors that affect the rate of deposition.
- How coastal deposition leads to the formation of different landforms.
- The characteristics and formation of landforms of deposition.
- The factors and processes in the development of mudflats and saltmarsh environments.
- How landforms of deposition change over time.
Suggested timing
3 hours
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Online Lesson | 15 Sep 2026 | Start: 16:00 | DURATION: 3 HOURS Specification content
3.1.3.3 Coastal landscape development
- This content must include study of a variety of landscapes from beyond the United Kingdom (UK) but may also include UK examples.
- Origin and development of landforms and landscapes of coastal deposition. Beaches, simple and compound spits, tombolos, offshore bars, barrier beaches and islands and sand dunes; factors and processes in their development.
- Estuarine mudflat/saltmarsh environments and associated landscapes; factors and processes in their development.
- Recent and predicted climatic change and potential impact on coasts.
- The relationship between process, time, landforms and landscapes in coastal settings.
Learning outcomes
This lesson will help students to understand:
- The factors that affect the rate of deposition.
- How coastal deposition leads to the formation of different landforms.
- The characteristics and formation of landforms of deposition.
- The factors and processes in the development of mudflats and saltmarsh environments.
- How landforms of deposition change over time.
Suggested timing
3 hours
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