GEOG 111 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Littoral Zone, Longshore Drift, Wave Power
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Print out and turn in three exam questions to his mailbox bailey 234. The coast includes inland to the furthest area a typical flood will reach and about 200 feet into the ocean, the area waves affect otherwise known as the littoral zone. Seeing an increase in water level due to glacial melt, erosion of landscapes etc. Also important for mean sea level, common measurement, and topography. Measured by tide gauges for years but unreliable initially now a global system and geospatial technologies. Tides are gravity pulling on the world"s ocean basins (sun and moon gravity) creating a bulge. Spring tides occur when the sun and moon are in alignment, very pronounced bulge on the ocean"s surface. Neap tides less dramatic when earth and sun are at right angles, less pronounced bulge/tide. Wave formation, waves are energy that has travelled from far out to see, caused by.
