Coastal waterfall

Waterfall that plunges directly into the sea

McWay Falls in Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, Big Sur, California

A coastal waterfall is a waterfall that plunges directly into the sea. Another common name for this feature is a tidefall.

Notable coastal waterfalls

Lower Düden Waterfalls, Antalya, Turkey

Coastal waterfalls include:

Waterfall Bay Falls, Hong Kong
Bowen Falls, Milford Sound, New Zealand
McWay Falls, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park, California
Alamere Falls, Point Reyes National Seashore, California
Hayburn Wyke, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, England^[1]
Lower Düden Waterfalls, Antalya, Turkey

See also

List of waterfalls that empty into an ocean

References

^ Newton, Grace (12 August 2019). "Hayburn Wyke: Is this Yorkshire's most beautiful secluded picnic spot?". Yorkshire Post. Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 12 September 2019.

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Coastal geography

Coastal and oceanic landforms

Dois Irmãos - Fernando de Noronha

Related

Bulkhead line
Coastal engineering
Grain size
- boulder
- clay
- cobble
- granule
- gravel
- pebble
- sand
- shingle
- silt
Intertidal zone
Littoral zone
Physical oceanography
River plume
Region of freshwater influence

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