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The Gower Peninsula has several examples of raised beaches. However, this raised beach is in fact a Solifluction Terrace, formed due to the slumpling of material down the slope of Rhosilli Downs, into which the sea has cut, and not a raised beach at all. The raised beaches of South Gower are also known as Patella beach after the fossils represented with in their makeup.

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Although this raised beach at Rhossili (Wales) is now used for farmland, it provides evidence of a glacioeustatic rise in the land of this area.
Source Figure 8.13 Planet Geography 3rd Edition (2005) [1]
Author Stephen Codrington
Camera location51° 34′ 11.69″ N, 4° 17′ 21.71″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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Codrington, Stephen. Planet Geography 3rd Edition (2005) [2]

Personal photo by Stephen Codrington uploaded with permission for the benefit of geography on Wikimedia projects. This and other photos by Stephen Codrington are available to download and order at his personal website.

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