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beaches

what is sandy beach? what is a pebble beach?
Reply 1
Sandy beaches have sand? Pebble beaches have pebbles? For example Brighton is a pebble beach, Camber Sands is a sandy beach.
Reply 2
They are all sediment beaches. The difference is that sand is much smaller than pebbles. This influences other processes, e.g. erosion is much less powerful on pebble beaches as a lot of water goes through gaps between the stones (reducing the wave energy).
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