Wave-cut platform

A gently sloping rock surface remains in front of it: the wave-cut platform. This is exposed bedrock, not a beach made from deposited sand or shingle.

A gently sloping surface of rock is left in front of it: the wave-cut platform. It may be visible at low tide and covered at high tide. The platform is remaining bedrock, not a beach made from deposited sand.

The relatively flat rock surface left in front of the retreating cliff is a wave-cut platform, often exposed at low tide and covered at high tide. It is the remaining bedrock, rather than a pile of material deposited by the collapse.