physical sddd 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? GeographyASAQA Created by: Gabi ChaseCreated on: 16-04-13 20:43 where has the greatest local tidal range? 6m, atlantic ocean & north sea confine in narrow section eng channel 1 of 45 where has tide in narrow estuary? bristol channel, confined severn estuary, 13m 2 of 45 where was cliff collapse? Hollbeck Hall in 1953 3 of 45 what is a concordant coastline? rock runs in parallel to coast, present in Lulworth Cove 4 of 45 what is a discordant coastline? bands of differing rock in perpindicular to coast, dorset 5 of 45 how much does holderness coastline erode a year? 2m a year and 2 million tonnes 6 of 45 what is the rock composition? underlying chalk overlan by glacial till deposits 7 of 45 where was recently cliff collapse? Algarve, portugal. 2009, 5 killed 8 of 45 what is the most northernly point of Holderness? flamborough head made up of white chalk cliffs 9 of 45 where is there an unstable spit? Spurn Head, Devon 10 of 45 where is spurn head? northern side of humber estuary 11 of 45 how long is the spit? 8km 12 of 45 where is the dominant wind? north to east, curves spit towards humber estuary 13 of 45 example of coastal management in holderness? mappleton, 2 million spent, blocks of granite from norway, groynes 14 of 45 when was there a storm surge? 1953 15 of 45 what happened? combined effect high tide, storm surge and low-pressure system 16 of 45 what did it cause in england and netherlands? 3m rise of sea in nertherland and 2m in england 17 of 45 how many killed? 264 killed in england and 1835 in netherlands 18 of 45 how many homes at risk of flooding? 3 million and 200,000 unable to be insured 19 of 45 what year and where was there coastal flooding in wales? 1990, towyn 20 of 45 what breach of sea wall was there? 400m breach 21 of 45 how much was repair on revetments? 2 million 22 of 45 what will future sea level rises cause? shorten intervals to 1-in-75 years 23 of 45 where was coastal flooding LEDC? Bangladesh- 2004 24 of 45 what is bangladesh? low-lying river delta with most under water 25 of 45 what % of land did flood cover? 50% 26 of 45 how many died? 600 died 27 of 45 how many suffered illness? 100,000 in Dhaka 28 of 45 how much damage? 7 billion 29 of 45 coastal protection in essex? walton-on-the-naze 30 of 45 how long is peninsula? 3KM NORTH 31 of 45 what rocks composition? london clay overlain by red crag/sands/gravels 32 of 45 what sea pounds the coast? north sea 33 of 45 how much does the coastal protection stretch? 4km 34 of 45 what happened to cliffs? regraded to make them less steep 35 of 45 how much was spent in 2010? 1.2 million 36 of 45 where was there managed retreat? abbotts hall farm, essex 37 of 45 how much sea wall breached? 3.5km aslong blackwater estuary, 5 times breached 38 of 45 where cost/benefit analysis? Lyme regis, dorset 39 of 45 what was constructed to stop longshore drift? the cobb which caused build up of malmouth beach 40 of 45 when was phase 1 completed? 1995 41 of 45 what did phase 1 do? built sewage which was protected by rock armour 42 of 45 what did phase 11 do? protected the foreshore by rock armour and curved sea wall 43 of 45 how much in total? 33 million 44 of 45 what was cost/benefit ratio? 6.04 45 of 45
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