View towards northeast. The position of the coastline - and therefore the size of the island - is determined by the equilibrium between episodic lava flows into the sea, and the more continuous coastal erosion. The trees seen in the eft portion of the image belong to the species Casuarina equisetifolia (filao).

Keywords

cliff, coastal vegetation, coastscape, marine processes, volcanic rocks, volcanism, Zonobiome I

Created

Monday 12 September 2016 by Martin Mergili in Africa / La Réunion (1923 visits)