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What is an example of a Cliffed coastline ?

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Chalk cliffs at Flamborough head in Yorkshire

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What is an example of a Sandy coastline ?

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Sand dunes in Belgium

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What is an example of a Estuarine coastline ?

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Lymington, in Hampshire

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What is an example of Concordant coastline ?

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Lulworth cove in Dorset

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What is an example of a Dalmatian coastline ?

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Croatia’s Dalmatian Coast runs along the western edge of the country.

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What is an example of a coastline with a multiple coastal features ?

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Northumberland Heritage Coastline

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What coastal features are along the Northumberland Heritage coastline ?

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. Sedimentary limestone cliffs form; Horizontal bedding planes, Vertical joints and small caves
. Beneath cliffs are a series of folds

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Where is the UK experiences the largest waves ?

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Cornwall due to prevailing winds from Florida (Fetch of over 4000km)

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Where is an example of a Blowhole ?

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La Bufadora is a large example of a blowhole located in Baja California, Mexico.

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Where is an example of the Cave-Arch-Stack sequence ?

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Flamborough Head, Holderness

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What is an example of a Sediment cells ?

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Holderness Coast Sediment Cell

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What is the Source, Transfer zone and Sink along the Holderness coast ?

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Source: Flamborough heads chalk, Hornsea’s boulder clay and River Humber
Transfer zone: Humber estuary and Long shore drift
Sink: Spurn head

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What is the Negative feedback loop along the Holderness coast ?

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. During erosion large amount of cliffs will collapse with chalk and boulder clay protecting the base of the cliff.
. Erosion of Spurn head could led to increased deposits off shore creating offshore bars

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What is the Positive feedback loop along the Holderness coast ?

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. Increased storms erodes beach material faster
. Rising sea levels could increase the erosion of spits like Spurn head, removing faster than can be replaced.

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Where is an example of Raised and Fossil beaches ?

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Fife, Scotland

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Where is an example of a Ria ?

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Kingsbridge Estuary in Devon

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Where are examples of Fjords ?

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Norway, Canada and New Zealand

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Where has had increased erosion due to Dredging ?

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Hallsland, Devon 1890’s

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What happened at Hallsland ?

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Dredging occurred offshore increasing erosion due to no beach to disperse energy.
Today is an abandoned “Ghost village”

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What is an example of human activity increasing erosion ?

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The Construction of Aswan High Dam along the Nile.

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What was the impact of the construction of the Aswan High Dam ?

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It starved the Nile Delta of sediment increasing erosion rates

22
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How much did sediment reduce after the Aswan High Dam was built ?

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Fell from 130 million tones to about 15 million tones.

23
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Where on the Nile Delta has been affected the most ?

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Rosetta:
Erosion rates jumped from 20 m to 200m per year

24
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What county is at risk due to rising sea levels ?

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Maldives

25
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What is the highest point in the Maldives ?

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2.3 m above sea level

26
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What does the future hold for the Maldives ?

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A sea level rise of 50cm by 2100 means the Maldives would lose 77% of its land
With the remaining becoming vulnerable to storm surges

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What is the population of the Maldives ?

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400,000 at risk of becoming environmental refugees

28
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What has been done to protect the Maldives from rising sea levels ?

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Male has created a ringed 3m high sea wall

29
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What are example of Storm Surges ?

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The North Sea 2013
Bangladesh

30
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What was the North Sea storm surge 2013 ?

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A very deep depression named ‘Cyclone Xaver’
North winds drove the storms waves onto the North seas coast

31
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What were the major impacts of the North Sea storm surge ?

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. Scotlands rail network was shut down
.100,000 homes lost power
. 2500 coastal homes were flooded
. 15 deaths across the country

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What reduced the impacts of the North Sea storm surge ?

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Forecasting, warnings, evacuations and coastal defences limited damage

33
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What is Bangladesh vulnerable against ?

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Tropical cyclones causing storm surges

34
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Why is Bangladesh vulnerable against tropical storms ?

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. Very low lying land 1-3m above sea level
. Intense rainfall increases flooding
. Deforestation of coastal mangroves

35
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Why have the number of deaths decreased in Bangladesh storm surge ?

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Improvements to warning systems, construction of cyclone shelters and better aid
300,000 (1970) to 15,000 (2007)

36
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What are the economic losses of Bangladesh storm surges over time ?

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$90 million (1970) compared to $1.7 billion (2007)

37
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What is an example of economic loss along coastal communities ?

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Destruction of railway at Dawlish due to erosion 2014 cost £35 million to repair and cost businesses from £60 - £1.6 billion

38
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What the social and economic cost of the Netherlands storm surge 1953

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Economic:
10% farmland flooded and 40,000 buildings damaged
Social:
1800 deaths
(Deltawerken created after)

39
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What the social and economic cost of Typhoon Haiyan ?

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Economic:
$2 billion in damages
Social:
6300 deaths

40
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What countries populations are at risk of becoming environmental refugees ?

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Maldives, Tuvalu and Barbados

41
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What is an example of a Hard engineering mega project ?

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Deltawerken

42
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What were the aims of Deltawerken ?

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. Reduce risk of flooding in low lying areas
. Control the flow of river to reduce flooding
. Shorten length of coastline exposed to the sea

43
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Why is Deltawerken effective against storm surges ?

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The water flow can be controlled by closing the dams to shut water out

44
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How much did Deltawerken cost ?

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$5 billion

45
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What is the problem that Deltawerken faces with rising sea levels ?

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1.3m sea level rise by 2100 means $1.5 billion would have to be spent each year on new flood defences

46
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Where is an example of Sustainable Management ?

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The Maldives

47
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What is being done in the Maldives to sustainably protect the coast ?

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. The Organisation Mangroves for the Future (MFF) is educating the importance of maintaining coastal mangroves as a natural defence.
. The Global Environmental Facility has provided a small grant to develop sustainable farming.

48
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What is the policy in Hornsea ?

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‘hold the Line’

49
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Why is the policy at Hornsea ‘Hold the line’ ?

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. It is a economic centre for 8500 people
. Important historic site
. There is a site of specific scientific interest

50
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What is the policy at Mappleton ?

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‘No active intervention’

51
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What are the impacts of Mappleton having a ‘No active intervention’ policy ?

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. 400m of land erosion by 2105
. 32 properties are likely to be lost due to erosion

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