Costal Managment Stratagies

Question 1

Groynes (soft engineering)

Answer 1

They are wooden planks stretching out into the water which prevent longshoreman drift,

Question 2

Gabions (hard)

Answer 2

This is where you trap rocks in a metal cage to protect the cliff side and beach

Question 3

Sea walls (hard)

Answer 3

These are huge concrete walls that are curved to absorb and reflect the power of the waves

Question 4

Rock armour ( hard )

Answer 4

These are giant boulders stacked together that absorb the shear power of the waves and protect the beach and cliffs behind it

Question 5

Beach nourishment ( soft )

Answer 5

This is where you dumps of sand will be left on beaches and replenish the damaged sand that has been taken away by the sea

Question 6

Reprofiling (soft)

Answer 6

It is where you re profile the beach by adding more sand to other parts of a beach to even it out

Question 7

Dune regeneration (soft)

Answer 7

This is we’re you replenish the possibly damaged sand dunes and make them stronger and bigger to protect the beach and land behind

Question 8

Managed retreat (soft)

Answer 8

This is where government or local land owners will pay Pay people for they’re land and property by a beach so that they can supervise the erosion and reduces any risk of people losing they’re houses