Holderness Coast Case Study

Question 1

How much of the cliff line of the holderness coast is lost per year?

Answer 1

2 metres

Question 2

How long is the holderness coast?

Answer 2

60km

Question 3

How much has been eroded at the Holderness coast since the Roman times?

Answer 3

3-4 km

Question 4

In the Holderness coast, how many villages have been lost in the past 1000 years?

Answer 4

29

Question 5

How much money was spent to protect mappleton in 1991?

Answer 5

Nearly £2 million

Question 6

What is the population of Mappleton?

Answer 6

About 100

Question 7

Why is the holder ness coast effected badly by erosion

Answer 7

Destructive waves
Longshore drift
Soft clay make up cliffs

Question 8

How much land will be eroded away in a stormy year along the holder ness coast

Answer 8

7-10meters

Question 9

How much further west is the coast of holder ness compared to the Roman times

Answer 9

3-4km

Question 10

What two methods are being used at holder ness

Answer 10

Rock armour
Rock groynes.
Managed retreat