Southport, Merseyside. UK Weather. 15th July, 2019. Sunny start to the day on the seafront promenade, as pupils from Meols Cop school undertake a beach walk, exercising due caution collecting plastic litter from the muddy foreshore as part of an end of term activity. With warming temperatures in the next few days summer may be here at last for the north-west costal resort. Credit; MediaWorldImages/AlamyLiveNews.
Landforms Deposited by Waves; Longshore drift continually moves sand along the shore. Deposition occurs where the water motion slows. The smallest particles, such as silt and clay, are deposited away from shore. This is where the water is calmer. Larger particles are deposited onshore. This is where waves and other motions are strongest. In relatively quiet areas along a shore, waves deposit sand allowing grasses to take hold and sand dunes to form a beach. Over 20% of England's sand dunes and 40% of its dune slacks form large parts of the Sefton Coast. Over a scale of 20years it is likely the dunes will extend to and probable engulf the resorts victorian pier.
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