Emergent Coastline

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Emergent coastline
Emergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels. This occurs due to either isostacy or eustacy.Emergent coastline are the opposite of submergent coastlines which have experienced a relative rise in sea-levels.Features of an emergent coastline are:raised beachesraised wave cut platformsabandoned caves such as King's Cave, Isle of Arran
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