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A cuspate foreland is a geographical feature found on coastlines and created by long shore drift. Made out of sand and shingle, and later stabilised by vegetation, cuspate forelands are triangular-shaped and extend seawards.
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a complex depositional feature formed when longshore drift is from two directions, which meet to produce a series of ridges at right angles to each other
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A large, sandy cusp-shaped projection of the COAST. See Figure 5.
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(2126) - Seaward projection of accumulated unconsolidated marine sand or gravel, bounded on both sides by wave-dominated coasts (indicates convergence of currents in a low-tide environment).
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Is a triangular accumulation of sand and/or gravel located along the coastline. This feature is formed by the joining of two spits.
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