This creates a zig-zag movement of sediment along the beach. Spits are also caused by deposition - they are features that are formed by the process of longshore drift. A spit is an extended ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million ...

Cliffs close cliffA vertical rock face. along the coastline do not erode at the same pace. A cliff is a steep rock face. When a stretch of coastline is formed from different types of rock ...

Fluvial systems, which include rivers and their associated landforms, play a crucial role in shaping landscapes and influencing sediment transport and deposition. Recent research has focused on ...

Grounded ice sheets move sediment around as they grow and shrink, creating erosional and depositional landforms from which scientists can reconstruct a region's glacial past. "When the ice is ...