Unit 2 - Coasts

Question 1

State some problems presented at the Holderness Coast.

Answer 1

-29 villages claimed by the sea in 1000 years
-erosion at a rate of nearly 5m a year
-Holbeck Hall collapsed in 1993
-Sea defences at Mappleton nearby
◦less sediment caused problems
further along the coast

Question 2

State the solutions to the problems stated.

Answer 2

-£2 million was spent on 'rip rap' defences 
 at Mappleton
   ◦to absorb the wave energy
-2 rock groynes set up at Mappleton to 
 form beaches
-sea wall along the coastline
-offshore reefs of old tyres along the 
 coastline