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Essay Galaxy - The Formation of Rocky Shores
The Formation of Rocky Shores
Rocky shores are found all over the world, yet they are not the same. For example, on the Pacific Northwest coast you will find steep, rocky cliffs. In Maine you will find rocky coasts, too; however, they slope gently to the sea. They generally occur where there are steep coasts and where there is a lack of large sediment deposits.
There are several ways that rocky shores are made. One way is by geological events. The Americas west coast, for example, are still rising and changing due to earthquakes and other natural occurrences. The uplifted coasts have not had time to erode or accumulate sediment. Eastern Canada and New England were once covered by ice, which scraped away the sediment from the continental shelf and exposed the bare rock below. The coasts sank due to the tremendous weight of the ....
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