Shaping landscapes 4.4: Water and waves

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Shaping landscapes 4.4: 

Water and waves

Goals

After studying this section, you will be able to:

- Explain how the Grand Canyon was formed

- Compare and contrast erosion from rivers and the sea

Fluvial erosion

V-shaped valley 

Coastal erosion

Coastal management

1. Hard engineering:

Static coast have always been placed by humans: dikes, dams and groynes

2. Soft engineering:

See next slide.

Dike

Groynes

Beach nourishment

Sand gets sucked up from the bottom of the ocean and is added to the beach to make it higher and wider.

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An example of soft engineering. Between Ter Heijde en Kijkduin.