Coastal landscape: Odisha Coastline

Question 1

mangrove forests can reduce the height of a storm surge or tsunami by…….to………%

Answer 1

5-30%

Question 2

…….% of the coastline undergoes erosion

Answer 2

36.8%

Question 3

over…………….species of bird can be found in the Chilika Lake Bird Sanctuary

Answer 3

over 150 species

Question 4

…………% of the Odisha coast undergoes accretion (deposition)

Answer 4

46.8%

Question 5

…………..% of the Odisha coastline undergoes erosion

Answer 5

36.8%

Question 6

…….% of the Odisha coastline is stable

Answer 6

14.4%

Question 7

the coast has the following 5 features:

Answer 7

• salt marshes
• dunes
• estuaries
• lagoons
• mangrove forests

Question 8

in the north, there are higher levels of…………………..and lower levels of…………….

Answer 8

high levels of accretion and low levels of erosion

Question 9

int he south, there are lower levels of……………..and higher levels of ………………….

Answer 9

accretion and higher levels of erosion

Question 10

in the north, accretion levels are…% higher than the rest of the coastline

Answer 10

50%

Question 11

in the south, hard engineering defences such as
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have been used to defend ports

Answer 11

• wave breakers
• rock armour
• sea walls

Question 12

the hard engineering used in the south has led to……………………….

Answer 12

increased rates of erosion as natural processes have been disrupted by the blocking of sediment transfer

Question 13

there is an opportunity for………………………….which may harm the environment and so…………………….

Answer 13

offshore drilling and mining

this may harm wildlife so damage the tourist industry

Question 14

on the odisha coastline, you can find (flora and fauna)

Answer 14

• large stocks of fish
• marine mammals
• reptiles
• olive ridley turtles
• sea grass meadows
• sea weeds