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Significance of Continental shelf
• It affects the climate of the coastal areas.
• Provides the main fishing grounds.
• Enables mining from the coastal rocks for example oil in Nigeria.
• It affects the development of coastal features.
• Determines port construction.
• It has limited the development of natural habours due to shallow water.
• It limits large marine navigation, which requires deep water.
• The Sea occupies most of the land, which could be used for settlement.
• Provides the main fishing grounds.
• Enables mining from the coastal rocks for example oil in Nigeria.
• It affects the development of coastal features.
• Determines port construction.
• It has limited the development of natural habours due to shallow water.
• It limits large marine navigation, which requires deep water.
• The Sea occupies most of the land, which could be used for settlement.
Activity
Lesson
Review Questions
Recall
1. What are waves?
2. How do ocean waves cause erosion?
3. Identify three types of landforms created by wave erosion.
4. What is a spit? How does it form?
Apply Concepts
5. Create a diagram to illustrate the concept of longshore drift.
Think Critically
6. Why are the smallest particles on a beach usually sand?
7. Explain how a barrier island helps protect the coast from wave erosion.
8. Compare and contrast how breakwaters and groins protect shorelines.