Flat sandy beaches

Rocky beaches

Shingle banks

Steep cliffs

DWEJRADWEJRADwejra is one of Dwejra is one of the two rocky the two rocky coasts found in coasts found in Gozo.Gozo.

It is an inland sea It is an inland sea and its only access and its only access to the open sea is to the open sea is a sixty meter cave a sixty meter cave (tunnel).(tunnel).

The Azure Window The Azure Window makes it a unique makes it a unique site in the world – site in the world – this must have this must have once been a cave once been a cave which now eroded which now eroded into an arch. This into an arch. This may, in time, may, in time, become a stack.become a stack.

What About The Shingle What About The Shingle Banks…Banks…

Many small caves are found

at sea level making this

beach popular with snorkelers.

Marsalforn and Shingle Beach are two other

shingle banks in the

Maltese Islands.

The picture below shows Ħondoq ir-

Rummien, one of the very few

shingle banks.

……And The Cliffs?And The Cliffs?

Dingli cliffs

These cliffs are the

highest point of Malta.

(300 m high).

The Maltese Falcon once

used to breed here. This

species is now extinct on the

Maltese Islands.

Cliff face

Cliff base

Upper beach

Sea

Lower beach

• The Maltese coastline is 272m long.The Maltese coastline is 272m long.

• There are no mud flats.There are no mud flats.

• We have very few shingle banks.We have very few shingle banks.

• Cliffs are even found on the island on Cliffs are even found on the island on

the three hills (Gozo).the three hills (Gozo).

Sources:Sources:

www.wikipedia.orgwww.guidetomalta.netwww.timesofmalta.comOxford English Dictionary

By: Corinne S. Micallef – Grimaud.