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GCSE Geography · key term
A section of land that projects into the sea, often formed where resistant rock erodes more slowly than neighbouring rock.
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Specification 3.1.3.2 · Paper 1
A projection of land into the sea, commonly formed where resistant rock remains as neighbouring less resistant rock is eroded.
Revise: Erosional and Depositional LandformsResistant rock remains projecting into the sea as a headland.
Specification 1.4 · Paper 1
A section of resistant coastal land that projects out into the sea.
Revise: Coastal LandformsHeadlands and bays develop where neighbouring sections of coastline erode at different rates. On a discordant coastline, alternating bands of more and less resistant rock meet the coast roughly at right angles.
Paper 2
A section of land that projects into the sea beyond the surrounding coastline.
Revise: Geological Structure and Erosional LandformsThe harder rock retreats more slowly and remains projecting into the sea as a headland. The contrast in erosion rates therefore produces an uneven coastline rather than a straight one.
Specification 3.2a · Paper 1, Paper 3
Revise: Coastal Landforms: Erosional and Depositional FeaturesA headland is land that projects into the sea. A bay is an inlet where the coastline curves inland. They can form where alternating bands of more resistant and less resistant rock meet the shoreline at roughly right angles.
Use hydraulic power and abrasion to explain erosion of cliffs and headlands. Attrition wears down transported fragments; it does not directly cut a cave into a cliff.
Use hydraulic action and abrasion to explain erosion of a cliff or headland. Attrition wears down transported fragments; it does not directly cut a cave into a cliff.
Distinguish a spit, which is attached to land at one end, from a bar, which extends across a bay and joins two headlands.
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