With the aid of well labeled diagrams describe how a stump is formed.

      

With the aid of well labeled diagrams describe how a stump is formed.

  

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Kavungya
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• Side of a headland is eroded through abrasion and hydraulic action.
• This leads to the formation of a cave
• The cave is further enlarged by erosion leading to the formation of a narrow tunnel know as an arch.
• Erosion by Abrasion and hydraulic actions on the arch makes it to collapse.
• This leads to formation of an isolated pillar seaward end called a stack.
• Wave erosion attacks the stack reducing it in size
• The reduced small sized rock pillar is called a stump.
Kavungya answered the question on June 4, 2019 at 12:49


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