coastal erosion
Beach gradually disappearing
Coastal erosion is the gradual wearing away of land along a shoreline by waves, tides, currents, and wind.
The process reshapes coastlines over time, threatening cliffs, beaches, and structures built near the water's edge: Coastal erosion has claimed several feet of beachfront property.
Sea level rise and storms accelerate it.
- salt marshesCoastal zones flooded by seawater
- shorelineLand-water boundary
- crashing wavesSurf hitting the shore
- wavesTraveling energy disturbances
- estuaryTidal mixing zone
cliffs · undermining · sand dunes · sea level rise · wave action · rip currents · ocean spray · beach · barrier islands · tide · storm surges · headland · currents · losing ground · breakwater · scouring · rockfall · crumbling
- earth scienceatmosphere, earthquake, geology, volcano, crust
- environmental harmair pollution, water pollution, pollution, oil spills, acid rain
- environmental issuesair pollution, climate change, biodiversity loss, global warming, habitat loss
- Environmental problemsair pollution, water pollution, climate change, global warming, habitat loss
- California CoastPacific Ocean, Highway 1, Big Sur, Monterey Bay, Malibu
- coastal imagerybeach scenes, seascape, salt air, sea breeze, sand dunes
coastal erosionmountain building
Geological uplift process
sedimentation · land reclamation · orogeny · orogenesis · coastal defense
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