You are walking along a rugged coastline in British Columbia, Canada. As the tide goes out you realize there is a beautiful flat

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You are walking along a rugged coastline in British Columbia, Canada. As the tide goes out you realize there is a beautiful flat

surface that is nearly as smooth as a highway and underlain by 1-2cm of gravel sitting on solid rock. The tide has exposed a ________.

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kkurt [141] · Answer 1 · 2021-12-16T01:42:32+03:00

Answer:

<em>Wave-Cut Platform</em>

Explanation:

A wave-cut platform, or shore platform <em>is the thin flat area frequently found at the bottom of a shore cliff or along a river, bay, or sea produced by erosion.</em>

When they become apparent as huge areas of flat rock, wave-cut platforms are often most noticeable at low tide.