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Q: Why do waves expend so much energy on a rocky headland?
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When waves strike the shoreline they concentrate their energy on?

headland


Which coastal feature is sometimes created when waves erode a headland?

A cave is sometimes created when waves erode a headland.


When waves cut completly through a headland what is formed?

When waves cut completely through a headland, a feature called a sea cave is formed. Sea caves are formed by the relentless erosion of waves gradually wearing away the weaker rock layers of a headland. Over time, the waves create openings and cavities that can extend deep into the headland.


What forms when waves cut completely through a headland?

A Sandbar


What is a sandbar extending into a bay from a headland of island called?

it is a underwater dune made by waves.


What happens when Waves wash away sides of headland forming a?

I don't know but i would like to!


What gives waves their energy?

Waves get their energy from the wind. The stronger the wind, the more energy the waves will have. If there is less wind, the waves will have less energy.


How peninsula are formed?

peninsulas are formed when waves start hitting a section of rock on the coastline that is not as easilly eroded as the rock around it. Over time it starts to stick out as a headland and if that process continues for enough years, the waves hitting the headland will start to curve around the sides and begin eroding the softer rock behind.


Voer a long period of time what effect do waves have on a steep rocky coast?

When waves hit a steep, rocky coast, they strike the area again and again.


Are waves a source of energy?

waves is not a source of energy


Is sound an energy?

Sounds are waves and waves have energy.


What is the energy transferred as em waves?

EM waves or electromagnetic waves is radiant energy.