CASE STUDY QUICKFIRE

Question 1

River dyfi

Answer 1

~40,000 visitors a year

Question 2

V shaped valley location

Answer 2

Beacon beacons

Question 3

Peak District

Answer 3

• central England
• NE of Wales
• £730 mill 2019
• <13 million visitors yearly
• 10,000 jobs
• homes £300,000-500,000

Question 4

Somerset levels

Answer 4

• rural low lying SW coastline
• 2014
• 350 mm
• 600 🏠
• £10 mill 💵
• 13 large pumps installed after🚰

Question 5

Purbeck coast

Answer 5

• Dorset
• part of, 95 km Jurassic Coast
• concordant= lulworth cove
• discordant= durston head

Question 6

Holbeck hall

Answer 6

• 5th June 1993 collapse
• 1 million tonnes of rock into sea
• 2 very dry summer prev
• 140 mm rain two months

Question 7

Thames gateway as a response to storm surges in London

Answer 7

• Thames estuary 135 km
• £461 million (worth over a billion now!)
• work until 2070

Question 8

Old Harry

Answer 8

• old Harry’s wife collapsed in 1896

Question 9

Blakeny point

Answer 9

• changed shape 1886- 1979

Question 10

Three gorges dam

Answer 10

• china, south of Beijing on river Yangtze
• £37 billion
• 300 million tourists to a year
• 22, 500 MW per year!
• displaced 1.3 million people

Question 11

Storm Desmond leading to Cumbria floods

Answer 11

• NW England
• 2015 storm Desmond
• 2 months rain in one day (314 mm)
• 40 bridged damages
• 500 homes damages
• 15 roads closed
• 2 deaths
• £500 million repear fees

Question 12

Rain leading to Cumbria floods

Answer 12

314 mm

Question 13

Rain leading to Somerset levels

Answer 13

350 mm

Question 14

Rain leading to holbeck hall

Answer 14

140 mm