Geography A-Level
Sediment Budgets and Cells
What Sediment Budgets and Cells means in Geography A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Sediment Budgets and Cells
The quantification of sediment inputs, transfers, and outputs within a closed or semi-closed system, determining the net growth or erosion of the coastline.
Topics that use Sediment Budgets and Cells
- Coastal Landscapes and Change (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Coastal Management and Human Interference
- Coastal Risk and Resilience
- Coastal Systems and Flux
- Contemporary Coastal Vulnerability
- Deformation and Discontinuity
- Discordant Coast
- Dynamic Equilibrium
- Eustatic and Isostatic Interplay
Using Sediment Budgets and Cells in the exam
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