A shingle beach, also known as either a cobble beach or gravel beach, is a commonly narrow beach that is composed of coarse, loose, well-rounded, and waterworn... 4 KB (437 words) - 20:19, 3 May 2024 |
Chesil Beach (also known as Chesil Bank) in Dorset, England is one of three major shingle beach structures in Britain. Its name is derived from the Old... 26 KB (2,997 words) - 21:41, 21 April 2024 |
composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biological sources, such as mollusc shells or coralline... 52 KB (6,539 words) - 09:21, 1 May 2024 |
Shingle beach, especially in Europe, a beach composed of pebbles and cobbles Shingle bob, a short hairstyle for women in the mid-1920s Shingle Cove, Antarctica... 2 KB (274 words) - 21:49, 20 November 2023 |
period of human history. A beach composed chiefly of surface pebbles is commonly termed a shingle beach. This type of beach has armoring characteristics... 6 KB (791 words) - 20:45, 16 December 2023 |
Ayre (landform) (category Beaches) ayre in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. An ayre is the name used for shingle beaches found in Orkney, Shetland, the Isle of Man, Lancashire, Cumbria and... 3 KB (314 words) - 15:02, 8 May 2022 |
Dungeness (category Beaches of Kent) /ˌdʌndʒəˈnɛs/) is a headland on the coast of Kent, England, formed largely of a shingle beach in the form of a cuspate foreland. It shelters a large area of low-lying... 27 KB (2,668 words) - 21:03, 5 February 2024 |
difference in long-shore drift of sediments from a sandy beach to that of sediments from a shingle beach). Sand is largely affected by the oscillatory force... 18 KB (2,264 words) - 12:29, 3 May 2024 |
Dieppe Raid (section Yellow beach) of most of the Churchill tanks were caught up in the shingle beach, the Allies began to study beach geology where they intended to land and adapting vehicles... 98 KB (12,620 words) - 19:12, 29 April 2024 |
tournament Shingle beach, a beach that contains pebbles or cobbles Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance, an annual automotive charitable event Pebble Beach no Hotou... 807 bytes (125 words) - 01:07, 19 January 2023 |
Gravel (redirect from Pea shingle) stream-terrace gravel is usually found. Shingle Coarse, loose, well-rounded, waterworn, specifically alluvial and beach, sediment that is largely composed... 18 KB (2,103 words) - 14:04, 5 March 2024 |
estuaries and bays Pocket beach Raised beach Recession Shell beach Shingle beach Storm beach Wash margin River mouths Debouch River delta mega regressive... 34 KB (3,315 words) - 09:42, 25 April 2024 |
or rock. A typical habitat for the species in Britain is vegetated shingle beaches, where it grows in association with yellow horned poppy and curled... 15 KB (1,643 words) - 16:33, 26 April 2024 |
Torcross (category Beaches of Devon) SX822420 at the southern end of Slapton Sands, a narrow strip of land and shingle beach which separates the freshwater lake of Slapton Ley from Start Bay and... 7 KB (847 words) - 19:41, 27 July 2023 |
ocean, groynes create beaches, prevent beach erosion caused by longshore drift where this is the dominant process and facilitate beach nourishment. There... 16 KB (1,697 words) - 20:05, 5 March 2024 |
Dungeness, a cuspate foreland that is one of the largest expanses of shingle beach in Europe and which is of international conservation importance for... 17 KB (1,475 words) - 16:46, 9 April 2024 |
Pevensey (category Beaches of East Sussex) was gradually cut off from the sea by shingle, so that today's marshes are all that remain behind the shingle beach. The marshes, known as the Pevensey... 21 KB (2,238 words) - 06:32, 28 September 2023 |
penetrationPages displaying wikidata descriptions as a fallback Shingle beach – Beach which is armoured with pebbles or small- to medium-sized cobbles... 17 KB (2,196 words) - 11:51, 14 April 2024 |
Kingsdown, Dover (category Beaches of Kent) Channel coast of Kent. Parts of the village are built on or behind the shingle beach that runs north to Deal and beyond, while other parts are on the cliffs... 7 KB (853 words) - 15:54, 30 May 2023 |
Brighton (redirect from Brighton Beach (beach)) mosques and Buddhist centres. Brighton has a 5.4 mi (8.7 km) expanse of shingle beach, part of the unbroken 8 mi (13 km) section within the city limits. A... 150 KB (14,300 words) - 14:26, 4 May 2024 |
Bowleaze Cove (category Beaches of Dorset) Bowleaze Cove is a small sand and shingle beach, near the village of Preston, just to the northeast of Weymouth, Dorset, England. The cove is on the Jurassic... 2 KB (214 words) - 23:05, 20 March 2021 |
in the group, many of the smaller islands are little more than sand or shingle accumulations on areas of exposed bedrock molded by the ongoing processes... 20 KB (1,226 words) - 20:36, 8 March 2024 |
Seaton, Devon (category Beaches of Devon) Coast World Heritage Site. A sea wall provides access to the mostly shingle beach stretching for about a mile, and a small harbour, located mainly in... 17 KB (1,890 words) - 14:29, 31 March 2024 |
power of the sea Shingly storm beach below a low cliff. The line of seaweed marks the high-water mark. The whole length of the beach here is backed by... 3 KB (275 words) - 14:29, 20 April 2024 |
Beach nourishment (also referred to as beach renourishment, beach replenishment, or sand replenishment) describes a process by which sediment, usually... 67 KB (8,003 words) - 23:11, 28 April 2024 |