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There are various kinds of beaches, and the way they look is constantly changing

Ocean waves rolling onto the beach at Piha, New Zealand.

The three main types of beach considered here are:

  • rocky shores

  • flat, sandy (and shingle) beaches

  • mudflats in lagoons and estuaries.

Many of the beaches in Aotearoa New Zealand are made up of more than one of these types or variations of them.

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Image: Piha Beach, Aleksei Potov, 123RF Ltd.

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