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Coastal Landscapes - Sediment Cells

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What are transfer zones in SMP?

Places where sediment is moving. It moves through waves, currents and longshore drift

What are sinks in SMP?

Places which have dominant deposition. Here spits, bars, tombolo’s, cuspate, forelands are created

What do longshore stretches of coastline operate as?

They operate as sediment cells

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