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What is beach nourishment?
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Sand and shingle are added to beaches from elsewhere. Creating wide beaches, which reduces erosions of cliffs
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What is land use management?
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Wooden walkways across dunes and fenced off areas that prevent people from gaining access to the dune. Which reduces vegetation lose
3
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What is coastal realignment?
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Breaking an existing defence and allowing the sea to flood the land behind. Over time vegetation will colonise and it will become marshland
Geography: coasts
flashcards
Decks in class (27)
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Coastal system3
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Waves4
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Tides2
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Sub aerial weathering3
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Coastal erosion4
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Rates of erosion5
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Longshore drift2
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Cliffs and wave-cut platforms3
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Headlands and bays2
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Caves, blow holes and stacks4
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Beaches4
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Spits4
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Bars3
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Sand dunes3
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Salt marshes4
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Coastal flooding2
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Sea level changes4
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Impacts of rising sea level3
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Sea level rise and coasts3
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Sea level fall and coasts3
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Physical causes of coastal flooding3
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Human causes of coastal flooding3
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Options for coastal management4
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Hard engineering structures3
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Soft engineering defences3
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Soft and hard engineering and sustainability4
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Management strategies2
