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Ocean Landform
Ocean
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Inlet | allows water to flow between barrier islands passages between island |
| Shoreline | A shoreline is where water and land meet or kiss to make an shoreline |
| Tidal Marsh | are swampy areas along the ocean, producers in tidal marshes had the soil in place when the tides flood the area |
| Tide | are the daily rising and falling in a regular cycle of earths water on its coast tides affect the water levels at the beach shapes of the ocean change over time |
| Waves | cause deposition and erosion on beaches Bigger waves=more erosion |
| Current | is a flow of water in a larger body of water currents are like rivers flowing in the water |
| Barrier Islands | is a small island along a coastline formed by the deposition of sand Barrier islands protect the coastline. |