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This chapter discusses coastal landforms and processes. Coasts are shaped by both marine processes like erosion and deposition as well as terrestrial processes like subsidence and uplift. Coasts are classified as either erosional or depositional based on which process dominates. Erosional coasts often have features like sea cliffs and wave-cut platforms while depositional coasts accumulate sediments to form beaches, barrier islands, and sand spits. Estuaries are coastal waters where freshwater mixes with se

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