In this episode, we discuss wave-cut platforms.

Wave-cut platforms are coastal landforms created through persistent erosion.

Destructive waves attack the base of a cliff, forming a wave-cut notch through hydraulic action and abrasion. This undermining weakens the cliff above, eventually leading to its collapse.

The sea clears the fallen debris, and the erosional process restarts at a lower level.

This repeated cycle of erosion and collapse causes the cliff to retreat inland.

The remaining flat, rocky area extending from the cliff base into the sea is the wave-cut platform.

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