Holderness Coast Flashcards
1
Q
How much of the holderness is protected by hard engineering?
A
11.4km of 61km
2
Q
What is Bridlington protected by?
A
4.7km long sea wall
3
Q
What is at Hornsea?
A
Concrete sea wall, timber groynes and riprap
4
Q
What did a land owner do?
A
Gabions to protect his caravan park
5
Q
Why does holderness need to be managed?
A
Retreated about 4km over the last 2000 years, around 30 villages have been lost
6
Q
What could ongoing erosion cause?
A
1) Loss of settlements- in skipsea 80,000km2 of farmland is lost on holderness
2) loss of infrastructure- gas terminal at easlinton is only 25m from cliff edge
