Avonport Beach Earthcache EarthCache

Avonport Beach Earthcache

Avonport is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in Kings County between the mouths of the Avon River and the Gaspereau River.. It was part of the Horton Township settlement and was first known as "Horton Point" but the name was changed to Avonport in 1864. Avonport beach is tucked into a cove along the shore line along the Bay of Fundy.

How is a beach formed geography?

A beach is a geological landform along the shoreline. Beaches  usually consists of loose particles which are composed of sand, gravel, and or pebbles. A beach forms when waves deposit sand and gravel along the shoreline.  Beaches form as waves deposit sand and other sediments and wind pushes these sediments inland, creating a beach and accompanying sand bank . Being located along the Bay of Fundy it has some of the highest tides in the world which moves a lot of material with each cycle of the tide.  With rocks of various sizes usually reflected in the local geology, this beach is not typical.

Using this link you can view a time lapse of the tide coming over the sand at Avonport beach.

As a result, beaches are known as deposition landmasses. The process of deposition can be accelerated by storms and other severe weather, causing a beach to grow or shrink depending on which direction the sediment is moving in.

Winds can affect a sandbank by eroding sand particles from the windward side and depositing them on the leeward side. Gradually this action causes the dune to "migrate" inland. As the sandbank “migrates”, it accumulates more and more sand causing larger sandbars.

Composition

They are typically composed of sand, although they could be of any granular matter that the moving water has access to and is capable of shifting around (for example, soil, silt, gravel, cobble, shingle, or even boulders). The grain size of the material comprising a bar is related to the size of the waves or the strength of the currents moving the material, but the availability of material to be worked by waves and currents is also important.

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Questions:

1. What is the elevation, using gps?

2. What is the beach composed of?

3. Name one cause of why so much sand would be deposited here.?

4. How long is the sandbar?

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