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Coastal landforms - blowholes and cliff slumping

Blowholes are vertical faults which have been widened by wave attack. Headlands are made up of hard rock and bays formed where softer rock erodes away more quickly. Sub-aerial processes, such as rainfall, can also cause erosion. This often happens where layers of boulder clay, left behind by melting glaciers, become saturated and cause the cliff to slump.

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