Coastal Processes

geography

Erosion in Iceland is a defining process that shapes the island’s mountains, coasts, rivers, and human settlements. It moves vast volumes of sediment, alters habitats, and inf...

coastal-geography

A beach is a landform along coasts where loose particles such as sand, gravel, shingle, or shell fragments meet land or a lake shoreline. It typically forms where waves, current...

oceanography

Rip currents happen because incoming waves push water toward the shore, and that water must return seaward in a narrow, fast-moving channel. When waves break most strongly in ce...

coastal-geology

A sand hole is a depression or cavity in sand created by erosion, water flow, human activity, or animal behavior. This evergreen explainer defines how sand holes form in beaches...