On return to the classroom, the information collected was transferred to neat copies of the maps. Measurements for the length of each coastal class and land use type, the amount of defended coastline and the length of accessible coastline were made from the maps and returned to the Geographical Association for analysis. A A bank of shingle, boulders, pebbles or sand sloping down to the water's edge.
Beaches can be wide and flat or narrow and steep.
They often sit at the bottom of cliffs, embankments and shore platforms. Lower parts of the beach may be under water at high tide. Cliff B A fairly high and steep coastal slope leading down to the shore. Cliffs can have a face of bare rock or be covered by soil and plants. There may be a beach, shore platform or saltmarsh at the base of the cliff, along with signs that landslides have taken place.