Western Latvia boasts idyllic white sandy beaches. The area around Bernati is ... Latvia is suffering from coastal erosion. The sand dunes and the national park attract many visitors, but the ...

Coastal dunes are a ridge, or a series of ridges, that form at the rear of a beach and differ from most other constructional coastal landforms in that they are formed by the movement of air ...

Rivers deliver sediment to the coast, where it can be reworked to form deltas, beaches, dunes, and barrier islands. The coastal zone is that part of the land surface influenced by marine processes.