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Counter-urbanisation is the movement from city to rural area (centrifugal movement). Firstly, it is quieter in suburban/rural areas with less traffic, congestion and higher living standards. This is especial...

Destructive waves have a weak swash and a strong backwash, thus material is removed from the beach. They are strong waves created when the wind is strong and has been blowing for a long time or in stormy con...

Material is deposited by constructive waves when waves no longer have enough energy to transport the material or there is an increase in the amount of eroded material being carried leading to the formation o...

Sustainable development is development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs

Waterfalls form where there is a layer of hard rock on top of a layer of soft rock. The soft rock is eroded more quickly and undercuts the hard rock creating a ledge. The overhanging ledge is unsupported and...