Coasts - coastal management Flashcards by Isabel Knight | Brainscape

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Old Hall Sands, Devon - 1890
Unsuccessful management

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shingle dredged for building of Plymouth docks
removed 1500 tonnes a day
1917 - deserted after overtopping of sea defences following storm

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Southwold, Suffolk

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Hold the line and managed retreat either side of town
2100 - predicted to become island

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Holderness sediement cell

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