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| CATEGORIES ABOUT HEADLANDS AND BAYS | |
| bays | |
| bodies of water | |
| headlands | |
| coastal geography | |
| extreme points of the world | |
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, Spain ]] A headland is an area of land adjacent to water on three sides. A '''bay''' is the reverse, an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Large headlands may also be called ''' Peninsulas '''; long, narrow and high headlands '''promontories'''. When headlands dramatically affect the Ocean Current s they are often called '''capes'''. A bay generally occupies an area wider than a Fjord but smaller than a Sound or Gulf , either of which may include one or more bays. GEOLOGY AND GEOGRAPHY Headlands and bays are usually found together on the same stretch of coastline. Headlands and bays form on Discordant Coastline s, where bands of rock of alternating Resistance run perpendicular to the coast. Bays form where weak (less resistant) rocks (such as Sand s and Clay s) are eroded, leaving bands of stronger (more resistant) rocks (such as Chalk , Limestone , Granite ) forming a headland, or Peninsula . Wave Refraction occurs on headlands concentrating wave energy on them, so many other Landforms , such as Caves , Natural Arch s and Stacks , form on headlands. Wave refraction disperses wave energy through the bay, and along with the sheltering effect of the headlands this protects bays from storms. This effect means that the waves reaching the shore in a bay are usually Constructive Waves , and because of this most bays feature a Beach . A bay may be only Metre s across, or it could be hundreds of Kilometre s across. Sometimes bays form where movements of the earth's Crust ( Tectonics ) bring areas of land together, or move them apart. Usually these bays are referred to as Sea s or Gulf s and not bays. "Capes and bays geography" is a derogatory term for the approach to teaching Geography that requires students to Learn By Rote the names of large number of geographical features rather than taking a more theoretically driven approach. LIST OF SOME WELL-KNOWN HEADLANDS
LIST OF SOME WELL-KNOWN BAYS
A couple of non-gulfs (actually Strait s) are: SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS |
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