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Roman55 [17]
3 years ago
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How do headlands and bays form

Geography
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Kryger [21]3 years ago
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Headlands are known as high attacking waves, shores that are rocky, forceful erosion and vertical sea cliffs. They are created when the sea outbreaks on a coastline comprising of a group of hard and soft rocks. They are surrounded by water. <span>Bays on the other hand, are created when there is less resistance of eroding soft rocks (e.g. sands and clays) forming a group of stronger rocks (e.g. granite, chalk, limestone) into a headland. They are surrounded by a land.</span>
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