Holderness coast Flashcards
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Q
Geology and landscape of Holderness coast
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The area of Holderness, together with the Humber estuary and coastal Lincolnshire, did not exist before the last ice age. Most of the area is less than 12,000 years old, having been built from boulder clay, the debris carried here by the last glacial advances. The boulder clay is easily weathered and eroded, creating a low-lying landscape which ends as low cliffs bordering the North Sea. The sediment washed out of the cliffs travels south along the coast by longshore drift
2
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Conflict in holderness coast
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Environmentalists argue coastal protection should stop bc it messes up the natural processes
Businesses want it in order to keep their housing/shops
