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1
Q

Coastal flooding

A

Bangladesh

2
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Threats of sea level change

A

Maldives- submergence
Sea level rose by 0.5 will be submerged

Bangladesh will lose 8000km2 of land of rises by 0.3

3
Q

Ria

A

Milford haven in South Wales

4
Q

Fjords

A

Sagenfjorden in Norway

5
Q

Dalmation coasts

A

Dalmatian coast in Croatia

6
Q

Coastal management

A

Holderness coast in East Yorkshire

7
Q

Sea wall

A

Bridlington
Withersea
Hornsea

8
Q

groynes

A

Timber groynes

Bridlington
Hornsea

Rock groynes

Mappleton
Withersea
Spurs head

9
Q

RIP rap

A

Hornsea
Withersea
Spurs head

10
Q

Revetment

A

Mappleton

Easington gas terminal

11
Q

Gabions

A

Skipsea

12
Q

Humans at the coast

A

Sundarbans region
Southwest Bangladesh
East India