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coast case studies pt2 - Coggle Diagram
coast case studies pt2
Holderness coast
hard engineering
groynes at Hornsea= terminal groyne syndrome
Holmpton= 5m or erosion
Geology
made mainly of soft porous boulder clay
erodes away easier
less resistant
Flamborough Head is made of chalk= more resistant
fetch
fetch is coming from the north sea= more destructive waves
holiday park has lost 100 chalets= less tourism
200 homes and roads will be lost at Withernsea by 2100
61km long
receded 4km since roman times
one of Europe's fastest eroding coastlines
Maldives
50cm by 2100= 77% of land lost
Male has a 3m sea wall around it
made a whole new island from dredged sand from the ocean floor
is a LIC and therefore spending is limited
thermal expansion and topography
highest point is 2.3 m above sea level
Bangladesh
storm surges
melt water from Himalayas
on floodplain of 3 main rivers
Ganges
Brahma Putra
Meghna
bay of Bengal is funnel shaped
water goes straight there
46% of land is below 10m above sea level
most densely populated country in the world