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The coastline of peninsular Spain is classified into?
Atlantic coastline and Mediterranean coastline
The Atlantic coastline is divided into two main coastlines. What are they?
Cantabrian coast and the Galician Atlantic coast and Andalusian Atlantic coast.
Name the two divisions of the Mediterranean coastline.
Andalusian Mediterranean coast and the Easter Mediterranean coast.
What can influence the shape and features of coastlines?
Relief of the land, tides, and coastal erotion.
What coastlines are included in the Cantabrian coast?
Basque country, Cantabria, Asturias, and part of Galicia.
Describe the characteristics of the Cantabrian coast.
Straight with high, rocky cliffs with sandy beaches.
What is a rias?
A coastal inlet.
What are wave-cut platforms?
They are flat, sloaping areas of rock, found at the base of a sea cliff.
Describe the Galician Atlantic coast.
Irregular with rocky cliffs.
Where are Rias Altas?
North of Cape Fisterra.
Where are Rias Bajas?
South of Cape Fisterra.
The Andalusian Atlantic coast stretches from ______ to the _______.
Guadiana River to the Strait of Gibraltar.
Describe the Andalusian Atlantic coast.
Straight with long, flat, sandy beaches and sand dunes.
Coastal wetlands are low-lying areas filled with what kind of water?
Salt water.
What is this?
Coastal wetlands.
What is this?
Rias.
