Monday, December 27, 2010

Coastal Erosion in Ghana

Yesterday I witnessed the first hand coastal erosion in Till's No.1 beach, a popular beach front getaway located 1.5 hour driving from Accra. The rocky formation is relatively new, as the last time I was there, around two month ago, the section was still sandy. However, possibly due largely to the prolonged rain season of this year, the sandy section has now become more of a rocky coastline.

According to Wikipedia, "On non-rocky coasts, coastal erosion results in dramatic rock formations in areas where the coastline contains rock layers or fracture zones with varying resistance to erosion."




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