By J. A. Steers
ISBN-10: 0007311060
ISBN-13: 9780007311064
The coastline indicates in a persuasive and compelling method the starting place and evolution of cliffs, estuaries, sea marshes, sand dunes and the groups of crops and animals that they aid. This version is unique to newnaturalists.com
Britain's coasts have every thing, from towering cliffs emerging sheer from deep water to one thousand ft and extra, to miles of tidal slobs and apartments, stressed shingle spits, moving seashores, motionless rock headlands. the intense effects of a various weather and a sophisticated geology are proven much more successfully in Britain's coasts than in her interesting island scenery.
Our maximum authority on coastal topography, Professor Steers, has studied the character of Britain's sea-side and the evolution of coasts and sea coast for many of his existence. A previous Professor of Geography of Cambridge collage, he made the now well-known finished survey of our whole sea coast. His publication indicates in a persuasive and compelling manner the starting place and evolution of cliffs, estuaries, sea marshes, sand dunes and the groups of crops and animals that they support.
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