Holderness Coast

Question 1

Name the four sea defences that have been installed at Mappleton

Answer 1

• rock groynes
• rock revetment
• regrading of the cliffs
• beach nourishment

Question 2

Where does the Holderness coast begin and end?

Answer 2

• begins at Flamborough Head

- ends at Spurn Head spit

Question 3

What is the name of the area where the farm that is rapidly eroding due to coastal management at Mappleton is located?

Answer 3

Great Cowden

Question 4

What did Spurn Head used to have as coastal defences to protect it?

Answer 4

• sea wall

- groynes

Question 5

Name the coastal defence used at Easington gas terminal?

Answer 5

sea wall

Question 6

Name the coastal defence used at Hornsea

Answer 6

Groynes

Question 7

Name four reasons why the Holderness coast is susceptible to flooding

Answer 7

• boulder clay cliffs
• long fetch from the arctic
• narrow beach
• lack of sediment from erosion further up the coastline

Question 8

Which SMP/sediment cell is the Holderness coast part of?

Answer 8

2

Question 9

What % of the world’s population live within 100km of the coast?

Answer 9

44%

Question 10

What is the current rate of sea level change?

Answer 10

3.2 mm per year

Question 11

What do the IPCC estimate sea level change will be by 2100 with low emissions?

Answer 11

0.44 m

Question 12

What do the IPCC estimate sea level change will be by 2100 in the worst-case scenario?

Answer 12

1 m

Question 13

What is the average rate of erosion on the Holderness coastline each year?

Answer 13

1.5 - 2 m per year