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THE POWER OF OCEAN WAVES

THE POWER OF OCEAN WAVES. PEGGY’S COVE, NS. CABOT PARK, PEI. DUNCAN’S COVE, NS. EROSION AND DEPOSITION. Ocean waves are continuously shaping coastlines by wearing down some areas such as headlands and building up others such as beaches in bays. BEACHES.

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THE POWER OF OCEAN WAVES

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  1. THE POWER OF OCEAN WAVES

  2. PEGGY’S COVE, NS

  3. CABOT PARK, PEI

  4. DUNCAN’S COVE, NS

  5. EROSION AND DEPOSITION Ocean waves are continuously shaping coastlines by wearing down some areas such as headlands and building up others such as beaches in bays.

  6. BEACHES Beaches are some of the most attractive features in Atlantic Canada, and indeed around the world.Beaches are created by the work of waves.

  7. Waves crash against the shore with great force.They erode headlands, producing sediments such as sand which is then carried by the waves to the shore and deposited on a beach.

  8. Sandy beach on PEI

  9. Cavendish Beach, PEI

  10. Broad Cove Beach, Cape Breton Island

  11. Beach in Nice, France

  12. Not all beach sediment is sand.Hirtle’s Beach, NS

  13. Not all beaches are beaches -Pebble Beach Golf Course, California

  14. Let’s review where beach sand comes from. We’ll also take a look at some of the spectacular scenery waves carve out when they are producing beach sand.

  15. Wave RefractionThe Bending of Wave Fronts Headlands Sea Caves Sea Arches Sea Stacks

  16. Some Famous and Not-So-Famous Headlands:

  17. Headland at Cavendish, PEI

  18. Sandstone headlands at Cavendish, PEI

  19. Monterey, California

  20. Southern France

  21. Pebble Beach, California

  22. Duncan’s Cove, NS

  23. Rocky headlands Acadia National Park, Maine

  24. My boy (and headlands of course!)Blomidon, NS

  25. Cape Split (Bay of Fundy, NS)

  26. Cape Split, NS Low Tide High Tide

  27. Cape Split

  28. The End

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