Rocks on a sandy shoreline at Hopeman beach, Morayshire on the Moray Firth North East Scotland.
Natural beaches may take thousands of years to evolve, a process that is the result of constantly moving water that erodes the land located around its edge. Essentially, rocks or coral reefs located off the shore are worn down by moving waves. ... These sediments are deposited along the coastline, forming a evolution occurs at the shoreline where sea, lake or river water is eroding the land. Beaches exist where sand accumulated from centuries-old, recurrent processes that erode rocky and sedimentary material into sand deposits. River deltas deposit silt from upriver, accreting at the river's outlet to extend lake or ocean shorelines. Catastrophic events such as tsunamis, hurricanes, and storm surges accelerate beach erosion. Dec 2017
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Location: Hopeman Morayshire, North East Scotland.
Photo credit: © David Gowans / Alamy / Afripics
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