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flowing into it. Many rias were formed by the rise in sea level after the melting of vast continental glaciers. Rias commonly have a widening funnel shape and gradually increasing depth as they move towards the coast. The widening and deepening of the ria towards the sea usually causes an exaggerated
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Submergent coastlines form either when sea level rises or the land level fall. This can be caused by isostatic or eustatic change. Both isostatic and eustatic change can be caused by a variety of reasons.
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Dalmatian coasts composed of long narrow islands running parallel to the coastline and separated from the coast by narrow sea channels called sounds. Dalmatian coasts are named after the
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occurs when water gets warmer and so the volume of water increases, this therefore causes global sea level rise forming submergent coastlines.
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Map showing the Dalmatian coast of the Dalmatia region of Croatia. The narrow islands running parallel to the coast can be clearly seen.
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coast, famed for its many small inshore islands, formed by sea level rise in the Mediterranean at the end of the LGP.
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are stretches along the coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels from either
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Stretches of coast that have been inundated by the sea by a relative rise in sea levels
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rise can also be caused by many reasons. One common reason is thermal expansion.
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region of Croatia which displays the common features of a dalmatian coast.
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Notable and illustrative examples of submergent coastlines include:
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Many submergent coastlines were formed by the end of the
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