rocky beaches
Coasts with stones
Rocky beaches are shorelines composed primarily of stones, pebbles, and boulders rather than sand.
Unlike sandy beaches, they offer poor footing and rough surfaces: We picked our way carefully across the rocky beach.
The term describes a natural coastal formation, not a beach in poor condition.
- tide poolsSeawater pockets in rocks
- anemonesFlowers or marine polyps
- low tideSea at minimum level
- barnaclesShell-armored marine clingers
- bouldersLarge rounded stones
crabs · seaweed · kelp beds · mussels · limpets · beachcombing · pebbles · crashing waves · wave action · craggy · jagged · Pacific coast · shorebirds · cobblestones · rugged · cliffs · sedimentary layers · tidal cycles
- coastal geologycliffs, sea cliffs, coastal cliffs, limestone cliffs, chalk cliffs
- Pacific NorthwestAlaska, Seattle, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington
- Northern New EnglandMaine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Portland, Augusta
- IstriaDane
surface texture/composition
rocky beachessandy beaches
Coastlines covered with granules
sand beaches · white sand beaches · mud flats · pebble beaches