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The 4 main ways in which a coastline can be eroded are: Attrition, Abrasion, Hydraulic action and solution.
To begin with, attrition is the collisions of the rocks in the sea which causes them to bec...

(a) some aid results in debt (ths occurs with tied aid); (b)aid targets specific groups withina population who are not always the poorest; (c) can be subject to corruption and so may not be spent on the p...

There are three general plate boundaries: convergent, divergent and transform. (INSERT SIMPLE DIAGRAMS HERE)
Convergent
These occur when two tectonic plates collide and meet each other. A...

Whilst cold based glaciers generally move by internal deformation, warm based valley glaciers, found in places such at The Alps, predominately move by basal sliding. Basal sliding occurs when the temperat...

Constructive waves have a strong swash and a weak backwash which means that they deposit more material than they take away. These have a low energy and are infrequent, with around 6 waves per minute. Howe...