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Coastal landscapes and change Flashcards

1
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name 4 inputs to coastal systems?

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  • people
  • land
  • atmosphere
  • marine
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2
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what 4 things affect wave size?

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  • fetch
  • windspeed
  • time
  • prevailing wind direction
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3
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name 5 processes in the coastal system?

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  • erosion
  • weathering
  • mass movement
  • deposition
  • transport
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4
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name 3 outputs of the coastal system?

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  • erosional landforms
  • depositional landforms
  • coast type
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5
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what is a sediment cell?

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self contained stretch of coastline

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what 2 things can remove sediment cells?

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  • storms
  • humans
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7
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what 4 thing can be used to classify a coast?

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  • geology
  • energy levels
  • erosion to deposition balance
  • sea level changes
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8
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name 3 features of high energy coastlines?

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  • rocky
  • high ROE
  • erosional landforms
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9
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name 3 features of low energy coastlines?

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  • long sandy beach
  • high ROD
  • depositional landfeorms
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10
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what is a concordant coast?

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parallel bands of rock to the coast

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what is a discordant coast?

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varying perpendicular bands of rock

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12
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what is a submergent coast?

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  • formed due to flooding
  • type of concordant coast
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13
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what is a emergent coast?

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coastline formed when sea llevel changes or by tectonic plates

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14
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what is a haff coast?

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long shallow lagoon separated from the sea by bar

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15
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what are the 3 types of coastal vegetation environment?

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  • coastal sand dune
  • coastal salt marsh
  • coastal mangrove swamp
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16
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what is a halophyte?

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plant that tolerates salt water

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17
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what is a xerophyte?

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plant that tolerates dry conditions

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18
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what is plant succession?

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changing structure of a plant community over time

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what is a pioneer species?

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first plants in an area

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20
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what is a psammosere?

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plants succession in sand dunes

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21
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name the 2 mobile dunes?

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  • embryo and fore dunes
  • yellow dunes
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22
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name the 2 fixed dunes?

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  • grey dunes
  • dune slacks
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name 3 vegetation characteristics in embryo and fore dunes?

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  • low to ground
  • waxy leaves
  • deep roots
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name 3 vegetation characteristics in yellow dunes?

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  • long roots
  • salt water resistant
  • inrolled leaves
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name 2 vegetation characteristics in grey dunes?

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  • high diversity
  • sparse grass
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26
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name 1 vegetation characteristic in dune slacks?

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moisture loving plants

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27
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name a dune characteristic in embryo and fore dunes?

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strong wind

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28
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name a dune characteristic in yellow dunes?

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soil is slightly water retentive

29
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name 2 dune characteristics in grey dunes?

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  • lower PH
  • no sand
30
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name 2 dune characteristics in dune slacks?

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  • acidic soil
  • high water levels
31
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what is isostatic change?

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changes in land levels

32
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what is eustatic change?

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sea level changes

33
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name 2 reasons for eustatic rise?

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  • melting glaciers
  • thermal expansion
34
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name 2 features of eustatic change?

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  • quick
  • global
35
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name 2 feature of isostatic change?

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  • local
  • slow
36
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name a reason for eustatic fall?

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  • sea water is stored as ice
37
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name a reason for isostatic rise?

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glacial melt makes land lighter

38
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name 2 reasons for isostatic fall?

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  • glacial build up
  • sediment deposition
39
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what is marine transgression?

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coastal floods causing submergent coasts

40
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what is marine regression?

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sea level drops causing emergent coasts

41
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name 2 different emergent coast landforms?

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  • raised beaches
  • fossil cliffs
42
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name 3 different submergent coast landforms?

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  • rias
  • fjords
  • dalmation coasts
43
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what is a raised beach?

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flat beach above the sea

44
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what is a fossil cliff?

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where raised beaches seperate cliffs from the sea

45
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what is a rias?

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drowned river valley

46
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what is a fjord?

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long, deep, narrow body of water that reaches far inland

47
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what is a dalmation coast?

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series of elongated islands created by parallel valleys

48
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what is land subsidence?

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removing water causes land to sink

49
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what is a storm surge?

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change in sea level due to cyclones

50
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what is a typhoon?

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tropical storm that forms over the pacific

51
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what is a hurricane?

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tropical storm that forms over the atlantic

52
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what is a cyclone?

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tropical storm that forms over the Indian ocean

53
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what coastal management strategies do developing countries implement?

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adaptation

54
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what coastal management strategies do developed countries implement?

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mitigation

55
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what is hard engineering?

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building structures along the coast

56
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what is soft engineering?

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working with natural processes to protect the coast

57
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name 4 hard engineering coastal strategies?

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  • groins
  • sea wall
  • offshore reef
  • rock armour
  • revetments
58
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whats the price of groins?

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5-10k for 200m

59
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whats the price of sea wall?

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6k per metre

60
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whats the price of offshore reefs?

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100-300k for 100m

61
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whats the price of riprap?

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100-300k for 100m

62
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whats the price of revetments?

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4500 per metre

63
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name 4 soft engineering coastal management strategies?

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  • beach nourishment
  • salt marsh creation
  • dune stabilisation
  • cliff reprofiling and drainage
64
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what does managing the wider coastal zone involve?

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  • managing natural resources
  • managing flood and erosion risks
  • educating communities
  • adapting to rising sea levels
65
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whats the ICZM?

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integrated coastal management zone

66
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what does the ICZM consider?

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  • economic + social
  • environment
  • protecting the coast
67
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what is SMP?

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shoreline management plan

68
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name 4 SMP options?

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  • hold the line
  • advance the line
  • managed retreat
  • no active intervention
69
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what does a hazard profile do?

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shows main characteristics for different tectonic hazards

A-level Geography (4 decks)

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