Graded shoreline

A graded shoreline is a stage in the cycle of coastal development characterised by a flat and straight

may form as a result of sediments transported away from the shore.

Examples

• Long stretches of the southern Baltic Sea coast in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, in Poland, Russia, Lithuania and Latvia.
• The North Sea coast from Belgium, along the outer edge of the Wadden Sea islands in the Netherlands and Germany, to the west coast and northeast coast of Jutland in Denmark.
• On the headland of Jutland near Skagen the two graded shorelines for the constantly changing promontory of Grenen.
• On the island of
  Anholt in the Kattegat
  , two graded shorelines meet at the eastern bill of Totten. This headland also extends far under the surface of the sea as a reef.
• The peninsula of
  Bay of Danzig
  .

Sources

• German Wikipedia
• Whittow, John (1984). Dictionary of Physical Geography. London: Penguin, 1984.
  ISBN 0-14-051094-X
  .