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Waterfalls are found in the upper course of the river where a harder, more resistant band of rock sits on top of a softer, less resistant band of rock. The softer rock is more easily eroded, so it wears away...

Flood plains form when the discharge of the river channel exceeds it's capacity. As the river transports sediment via traction, suspension, saltation and solution the sediment is held within the river channe...

The two types of waves are destructive waves, and constructive waves. Destructive waves are well named, as they have a weak swash (the water that runs up the beach) and a strong backwash (the water the runs ...

Destructive margins occur when two tectonic plates are moving into each other, forcing one beneath the other. There are three types of destructive margin; Oceanic to Oceanic Plates, Continental to Continenta...

The physical causes of cliff collapse are the rock type. It could be made up of soft boulder clay like they are on the Holderness coast. This makes them more likely to erode by hydraulic action and so they c...