Deposition is the processes where ____ being transported by a river is ____. Deposition occurs when the water loses ____. Longshore drift, the prevailing ____ causes waves to approach the ____ at an angle, the swash carries the sand and pebbles up the ____ at the same angle. Prevailing winds are winds that blow from a single ____ over a specific ____. Salt marshes are a coastal ____ found between land and open salt water or brackish (slightly salty) ____ that is regularly flooded by the ____. A salt marsh begins when ____ and silt are deposited along a sheltered part of the coastline. Mud flats are coastal wetlands that form in inter-tidal areas where ____ have been deposited by ____ or ____. Spits are created by ____. A spit is an extended stretch of beach ____ (sand or shingle) that projects out to the sea and is joined to the mainland at one ____. Spits are formed when there is a change in the ____ of the landscape or there is a river mouth. 1. Longshore drift moves material along the ____.2. A spit forms when the material is ____. 3. The spit grows and develops a ____ if wind direction changes further out. 4. Waves cannot get past a spit, which creates a sheltered area where silt is deposited and ____ ____ or salt marshes form. Spurn in made up of material which has been transported along the Holderness coast. This includes sand, ____ and ____. The energy in the waves are ____ where the North Sea meets the Humber Estuary; as a result the ____ is deposited. The coastline rapidly ____ by an average of ____ metres a year It is protected by ____ of sea wall as well as ____ and rock armour. Groynes have led to ____ being destroyed by the ____ and the loss of 100 chalets at the Golden Sands Holiday Park. Some people disagree with where the sea ____ are located, especially if it means the land in their ____ is not protected. Some sea ____ negatively impact tourism and reduce the amount of ____ coming in to the area.

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