Holderness Coast

Question 1

Erosional landforms

Answer 1

Flamborough head- headlands and bays, stacks, wave cut platforms etc

Mappleton- boulder clay cliffs

Question 2

Depositional landforms

Answer 2

spurn head there are sand dunes

Bridlington bay has a large sandy beach

Question 3

Holderness coast, Yorkshire facts

Answer 3

one of the most vulnerable coastlines in the work
average of 2m lost per year but in stormy years wages can remove 7-10 m
sea levels rise an estimated 4mm per year

Question 4

why management is needed

Answer 4

strong prevailing winds creating longshore drift

cliffs are made w soft boulder clay and will erode fast

increase in intensity of extreme weather events and storms

Question 5

Management Strategy (HARD)

Answer 5

1991 - blocks of granite from norway used to construct two rock groynes
Cost £2 million
Management was used as there was an important road behind

Question 6

Management strategy (SOFT)

Answer 6

Managed retreats at spurn head

old sea defected to expensive to maintain

Question 7

Positives

Answer 7

wider beach increase tourism.
new defences stood up to storms
less slumping of cliffs in popular coastal areas

Question 8

Negatives

Answer 8

some people think descended are ugly and have ruined natural coastline
groynes have starved beaches futher along the coastline creating conflicts elsewhere