Coasts Flashcards
What management technique stops Longshore drifts from happening?
Groynes
What management technique is made of concrete ad reflects wave energy bak into the sea?
Sea wall
What is soft engineering/management?
The use of natural resource and working with nature
What is a type of management process is expensive and difficult to maintain?
Sea wall
Which of these is NOT a depostional landform? -beach, bar, arch
Arch
What management technique increases tourist potential be bigger beach?
Beach replenishment and groynes
What is a hold the line policy?
Use hard engineering to defend the coastline
What is the name of the smallest dunes? Which are the closest to the sea
Embryo dunes
What is the name of the grass found in sand dunes?
Marram grass
What is a key feature of a dune slack?
It is filled with water-a pond
What adds nutrients to the soil, making it more fertile in sand dunes?
Decomposing vegetation