A flat or gently sloping rock surface extending out from the base of a retreating sea cliff, exposed at low tide, marking the level at which wave erosion has planed away the rock as the cliff line above it has retreated landward over time. A wave-cut platform records, in its width, how far a coastline has eroded back from its earlier position.
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A wave-cut platform, shore platform, coastal bench, or wave-cut cliff is the narrow flat area often found at the base of a sea cliff or along the shoreline of a lake, bay, or sea that was created by erosion.
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