O-LevelGeographyThe natural environment2217/22 · Oct/Nov 2020 · Q48 Marks
Fig. 4.1 (Insert) is a photograph which shows a coastal area visited by a group of geography students on a field trip. Fig. 4.2 is a field sketch of the same area made by one of the students. [Figure 4.1] [Figure 4.2]
- (a)Using Fig. 4.1, identify features W, X, Y and Z shown on the field sketch. Choose your answers from: bay lagoon (lake) river spit wave-cut platform W X Y Z[4]
- (b)Explain how a spit is formed.[4]
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- [4] W lagoon/lake, X spit, Y bay, Z river,
- [4] onshore winds, swash/waves oblique/at an angle to coast/correctly labelled on diagram, swash/waves carry material up beach, backwash at right angles/correctly labelled on diagram, longshore drift/movement of material along the beach, deposition, at bend in coast/headland/bay, accumulation/build up/continuous/repeated depoition, hook formed by change in wind/waves/water depth, (stabilised by) vegetation grows on spit,
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