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UK Physical Landscape: Coasts Flashcards

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1
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Relief

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Physical features of landscapes (steepness, height above sea level)

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Fetch

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The distance over which wind has blown

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Constructive Waves

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Build a beach

Strong swash

Wave crests far apart

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Destructive Waves

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Destroy a beach

Strong backwash

Wave crest close together

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Mechanical Weathering

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The breaking of rocks at the base of the cliff

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Chemical Weathering

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Acidic rainwater dissolving rock

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Biological Weathering

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Plant roots grow into rocks, animals burrow into rocks

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Rockfall

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Fragments of rock break away from cliff face

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Landslide

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Blocks of rocks slide downhill

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Mud flow

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Saturated soil and weak rock flows down a slope

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Rotational slip

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Saturated soil and weak rock flow along a curved surface

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Hydraulic action

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Power of waves as they smash into rocks

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Abrasion

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Pebbles grinding over a rocky platform, making it smooth

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Attrition

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Rock fragments knocking against one and other, therefore smaller and rounded.

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Solution (erosion)

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The dissolving of soluble chemicals in rocks

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Suspension

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Particles suspended in water

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Traction

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Large pebbles rolled along the seabed

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Saltation

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‘Bouncing’ of particles too heavy to be suspended

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Solution (transportation)

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Dissolved chemicals

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Long Shore Drift (LSD)

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The movement of material in a zig zag motion along the coast is usually in the direction of the prevailing winds.

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Headlands

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Formed on dis-concordant coastlines. Hard rock cannot be worn away leaving hard rock sticking out.

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Bays

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Formed on dis-concordant coastlines. Destructive waves erode soft rock to leave an indent on cliff face

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Wave-cut platform & notch

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Sea attacks the base of the cliff through destructive waves, creating a wave cut notch until the cliff collapses into a wave cut platform.

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Crack into stump

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Lines of weakness appear and turns into cracks

The crack grows through hydraulic action and abrasion into a cave

The cave becomes an arch as undergoes undercutting

The arch’s roof collapses due to erosion and gravity creating a stack

The stack erodes and collapses creating a stump

25
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Swanage

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Located in a sheltered bay, broad sandy beach
Headlands and bays
159km of coast

Landform names and locations -

Indented coastlines (dis-concordant coastlines)
Poole Harbour
Two spits at the mouth of the harbour
Old Harry (stack)

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Beach

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Landform of deposition created with sand, shingle and slit

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Spit

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Erosion occurs further up the coastline, prevailing winds change direction causing LSD, the river mouth stops spit from growing

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Bar

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When ridges of sand stretch from one bay to another, forming a lagoon behind it

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Sand dunes

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Small hills behind the beach, to form there must be a good supply of dry sand, wide and vegetation.

30
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Sea walls - disadvantages

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Expensive

Damages landscape

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Sea walls - advantages

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Prevents flooding

Creates a promenade

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Groynes - advantages

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Cheap

Builds up beach

Counteracts LSD

33
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Groynes - disadvantages

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Starve other places of sand

34
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Rock armour - advantages

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Cheap

Easy to maintain

Used for fishing

35
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Rock armour - disadvantages

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Expensive to transport materials

Obtrusive

36
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Gabions - advantages

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Cheap to produce

Merge with landscape

Improve drainage of cliffs

37
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Gabions - disadvantages

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Looks unattractive

Only lasts 5 - 10 years

38
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Beach nourishment - disadvantages

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Needs maintenance unless structures are built

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Beach nourishment - advantages

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Cheap

Blends in with the beach

Increases tourism

40
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Dune regeneration - advantages

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Coastal environment is maintained

Cheap

41
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Dune regeneration - disadvantages

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Time consuming to plant marram grass

Can be damaged by storms

42
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Dune fencing - advantages

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Can control access to other ecosystems

43
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Dune fencing - disadvantages

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Unsightly

Maintenance needed after storms

44
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Lyme Regis

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Phase 1 - new sea walls and promenades

Phase 2 - new sea walls, promenades and a creation of a wide beach

Phase 3 - not undertaken (costs outweighed the benefits)

Phase 4 - new 390m sea wall in front of the existing sea wall

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