Question

What are wave cut platforms?

Answer 1

A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion . Wave-cut platforms are often most obvious at low tide when they become visible as huge areas of flat rock. Sometimes the landward side of the platform is covered by sand, forming the beach, and then the platform can only be identified at low tides or when storms move the sand.

Answer 2

Wave-cut platforms are apparently the pieces of elevated lands with steep sides that have some of their portion cut down by the erosional action of sea waves.

Explanation:

• Wave cut platforms are more common on coasts where the sea level is low and the ocean comes directly in contact with natural structures like hills and mountains.

• Consistent hitting of waves at high speeds makes the sides of the hills undergo erosion.

• This kind of erosion is comparatively rapid in nature and has the strength to take down huge natural bodies through gradual erosion.