Geography A-Level
Coastal Systems and Flux
What Coastal Systems and Flux means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Coastal Systems and Flux
Analysis of the coast as an open system involving inputs (sediment, kinetic energy), transfers (longshore drift, offshore currents), and outputs (accumulative landforms or sediment loss to deep-water sinks).
Topics that use Coastal Systems and Flux
- Coastal Landscapes and Change (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Coastal Management and Human Interference
- Coastal Risk and Resilience
- Contemporary Coastal Vulnerability
- Deformation and Discontinuity
- Discordant Coast
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Eustatic and Isostatic Interplay
- Eustatic Change
Using Coastal Systems and Flux in the exam
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