pebble beaches
Stone-strewn coastal stretches
Pebble beaches are shorelines covered with small, smooth, rounded stones rather than sand.
The stones have been worn down by water over time.
These beaches are common along certain coastlines, particularly in Britain and the Mediterranean: We walked along the pebble beach, stones crunching underfoot.
They're harder to walk on barefoot than sandy beaches but often feature dramatically clear water.
- cobblesRounded paving stones
- shingleOverlapping roof covering
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- rocky shoreCoastline of boulders
- wave actionMotion of ocean swells
smooth stones · crashing waves · intertidal zone · high tide line · beachcombing · shorebirds · seaside · rattling · crunching · sediment · tidal currents · backwash · deposition · skipping · sea glass · polished · abrasion · coastline
- coastal featuresshore, coast, bay, cliff, cove
- coastscliffs, shoreline, sandy shore, coves, bays
- seascapesseascape, seascapes, ocean view, coastal view, coastal scenes
- natural beautyrock formations, ice crystals, snowflakes, sand dunes, spiderwebs
- AdriaticAdriatic Sea, Dalmatia, Dubrovnik, Croatia, Trieste
- coastal geologycliffs, sea cliffs, coastal cliffs, limestone cliffs, chalk cliffs
pebble beachessandy beaches
Coastlines covered with granules
sand beaches · white sand beaches · mudflats · mud flats · rocky shores