When water loses its energy, any sediment it is carrying is deposited. The build-up of deposited sediment can form different features along the coast.

Depositional landforms Floodplains A floodplain close floodplainAn area of low-lying land next to a river which is prone to flooding. is an area of land which is covered in water when a river bursts ...

This paper describes geomorphological and sedimentary evidence from Aran Island and Cruit Island (County Donegal, north-west Ireland), informed by evidence from across west Donegal, which helps to ...

Mention the word “delta,” and most people will think of an airline or a cinematic fraternity house before they think of the depositional landform found at the mouth of rivers. But, really, you should ...

Researchers have discovered huge landforms deep beneath the North Sea that suggest the region was swallowed by a giant ice sheet toward the middle of the last ice age. The scientists captured these ...

New images from the North Sea show never-before-seen landforms that were carved by a single, colossal ice sheet 1 million years ago and subsequently buried beneath a thick layer of mud. When you ...