On the beach at Birling Gap, Sussex, England, the waves have cut through the chalk, leaving pockets of hard flints. The chalk is eroded into waves, so at the limit of the accumulation of flints, tongues have formed over the solid chalk.
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| On the beach at Birling Gap, Sussex, England, the waves have cut through the chalk, leaving pockets of hard flints. The chalk is eroded into waves, so at the limit of the accumulation of flints, tongues have formed over the solid chalk. |