holderness ๐Ÿคฌ Flashcards

1
Q

how long

A

61km

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2
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from where to where

A

flamborough head to spurn head

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3
Q

rate of erosion at great cowden

A

10m/yr

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4
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coastal processes

A

erosion

mass movement

transportation

deposition

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5
Q

landforms at spurn head

A

spit

estuary and mudflat behind

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6
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landforms at flamborough head

A

headland (chalk>boulder clay)

wave cut platform

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7
Q

fraction of coastline with hard engineering

A

1/6+

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8
Q

mappleton sea defenses

A

two rock groynes

500m long reventment

total cost ยฃ2mill

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9
Q

issues with mappleton sea defences

A

as the groynes trap material great cowden (south of mappleton) was starved of sediment so the rate of erosion here increased rapidly

10m/yr

property prices fall

livestock fell into sea

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10
Q

smp

A

managed realignment in some areas - businesses relocate - need for compensation

easington gas terminal protected by rock reventments

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