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174:the Bronze Horseman
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951:Emergent coastline
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236:sedimentary rocks
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788:Beach cusps
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209:New Zealand
183:Some noted
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180:, Russia.
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141:ice sheets
129:bullersten
122:bulderston
63:Kämmenkivi
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1088:Wind wave
1048:Surf zone
903:Processes
876:Mouth bar
833:Recession
813:Beachrock
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662:Peninsula
550:cliff-top
437:Landforms
357:24 August
346:"Boulder"
217:The Baths
197:Australia
109:The word
105:Etymology
69:, Finland
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1016:Sea foam
1011:Sea cave
911:Blowhole
753:Windwatt
612:Headland
460:Avulsion
393:Boulders
278:Monolith
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170:pedestal
145:ice ages
54:, Canada
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1187:shingle
1167:granule
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936:Current
871:Debouch
780:Beaches
747:Waituna
742:Tombolo
652:Mudflat
647:Machair
637:Isthmus
557:Estuary
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223:in the
189:erosion
166:bedrock
157:Siberia
143:during
126:Swedish
117:, from
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91:cobbles
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83:bowlder
79:boulder
75:geology
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572:Fjord
567:Fjard
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505:Cliff
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