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AQA A-Level Physical Geography > 🏖️Case Study - Slapton Line Management > Flashcards

🏖️Case Study - Slapton Line Management Flashcards

1
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What is the Slapton Line?

A

The fragile shingle bar which runs between Slapton Ley and the sea

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Where is Slapton Sands?

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Kingsbridge, South Devon, UK

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Why is the shingle barrier under threat?

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Erosion rates are increasing

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Where are coastal management strategies installed around the area?

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Slapton, Torcross and Beesands

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How long is the shingle barrier?

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7km

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What defences are in place at Torcross?

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A Sea wall

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When was the sea wall at Torcross built?

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1979

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What happened to the Torcross sea wall in 2001?

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It was partially destroyed by a storm and large amounts of sediment were washed away

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What happened to the sea wall at Torcross in 2014?

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The wall collapsed during a storm and the beach was built up again in order to protect it

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What happened to the Slapton Line after the 2014 storm?

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The worst affected section of the road was realigned

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What length of the road was realigned in 2014?

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200m

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How much shingle was transported from the Strete Gate area to Slapton?

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12,000 tonnes

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13
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What was created on the beach at Slapton for protection?

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Shingle bastions

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14
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How effective were the shingle bastions?

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Only for the short term, as up to 45% was washed away in a storm in 2008

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What defences are in place at Beesands?

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A sea wall and rock armour

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When was the rock armour put in place at Beesands?

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2016

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17
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How much rock was imported to build the Beesands rock armour?

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2-4 tonnes

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18
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Why was the rock armour put in place at Beesands?

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To try and stop the wall from being undercut and collapsing again

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What happened to the Torcross sea wall in 2016?

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It collapsed

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20
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How much was spent by the South Hams council on emergency flooding funding?

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£250,000

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21
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How much did repairs to the wall in 2017 cost?

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£2.4 million

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22
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How much steel and concrete was used to reinforce the wall?

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710 tonnes of steel and 220m3 of concrete

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How much shingle was washed away from Torcross in 2015?

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27,000 tonnes in one night

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How much did the shingle at Torcross cost?

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£250,000

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How much shingle was lost from the Slapton Line in the storms of 2000/2001?

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5m from a 1000m stretch of beach

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What was initially used to protect the road after the 2000/2001 storm?

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3000 tonnes of rock armour, later removed due to damage to the SSSI

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Why was Hallsands destroyed?

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Due to dredging of shingle in the early 20th century from the sediment cell, which is virtually closed

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What are the long term issues with these management strategies?

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. May damage to vegetation
. If the barrier was breached, the Slapton Ley lagoon may be destroyed
. Expensive to maintain

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29
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How much sediment transport occurs on the beach at Slapton?

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Next to none.

30
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Processes: Evidence of deposition

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Beesands beach

31
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Processes: Evidence of transportation

A

Slapton Sands (barrier beach)

32
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Processes: Evidence of erosion

A

Limpet Rocks (wave cut platform)
Dancing Beggars (stacks)

33
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4 Examples of human interference

A

A379 (Kingsbridge to Dartmouth)
Car parks along the barrier beach
Start Bay Caravan Club Site
Defences

34
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Defences: Length and age of sea wall at Torcross?

A

319m
1979, modified in 2000 by the Environment Agency

35
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Defences: Height and age of sheet piling capped with concrete top just north of Torcross?

A

143m
1917

36
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Defences: Length and age of Rock Revetment in front of a car park, north of Torcross?

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795m
1979

37
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Defences: What protects the more vulnerable parts of the A379?

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Rock armour

38
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Why was a report by Scott Wilson and the University of Plymouth commissioned in 2003?

A

Determine appropriate future shoreline management response
Look at impact of existing sea defences

39
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Future Defences: Beach Nourishment Key Points

A

Import shingle- raise + widen beach, additional protection for road
£1.14 million every 10 years to maintain
Material from Isle of Wight, matches existing
RULED OUT

40
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Future Defences: Shingle Recycling Key Points

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Excavation of material from Strete Gate beach
Place on beach at Slapton
Raise + widen beach + protect road
Large environmental impact- disrupts geomorphology
£60,000, not guaranteed to work
RULED OUT

41
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Future Defences: When might shingle recycling be used?

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Useful on a small scale as a temporary solution

42
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Future Defences: Road Realignment Key Points

A

Move A379 landwards
Proactive- before damage
Reactive- after storm
CHOSEN
Scored highest on tables

43
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Sustainability: Why are the future defences considered to be sustainable?

A

Looked at from a social, economic and environmental angle

44
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Sustainability: Why is it good that all strategies have been put on an open spreadsheet?

A

Constantly reviewed
Changed if any unexpected events
The sheet looks up to 2105, so is long term

45
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Sustainability: Why was it good that stakeholders were consulted?

A

Experts, authorities and local people could talk, share lived experience and discuss their worries with the strategies

46
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Sustainability: Why was the owner of Streete Gate beach useful in the discussion?

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Lived experience from Hallsands following the large-scale shingle extraction

47
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Why could it be argued the strategies aren’t sustainable?

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Existing strategies aren’t being removed
January 2018, road destroyed, still not fixed

48
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How many residential properties were at risk of coastal flooding?

A

48

49
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What % of trade is passing?

A

50%

50
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How much funding could be requested from the Environment Agency to coastal risk management activities over the next 20 years?

A

£1.78 million

51
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What is the main challenge to coastal management?

A

Climate change

52
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Who is the shoreline management organisation at Slapton?

A

Slapton Line Partnership

53
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When was the SLP formed and why

A

. 2001
. After a storm damage a key road between Slapton and Street Gate

54
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How much of the beach did the 2001 storm remove?

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5m

55
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What is the aim of the SLP

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To promote a coordinated policy and ensure an appropriate contingency plan

56
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What did the SLP decide to do?

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Existing defences should be maintained over the next 20 years

57
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What was it decided to do with the sea wall?

A

Maintain and improve it

58
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How was the rock revetment repaired?

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Through recovery and re profiling of the existing rock armour

59
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Cost to repair the rock revetment

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£10,000

60
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What management was done to work with the natural process to increase beach size?

A

Beach recycling

61
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How much did it cost to repair the sea wall?

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£3 mill

62
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How often do groynes need replacing?

A

Every 20-30 years

63
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What is the main road in Slapton called?

A

A379

64
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What is the long term recommendation for Slapton?

A

Continue a policy of Managed Realignment along the whole coast

65
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How high is the risk to the shingle bank for the next 30-50 years?

A

Low

66
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Energy at the coastline in Start Bay

A

Coastline has areas of both high and low energy with both erosion and depositional landforms

67
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Where is the most heavenly managed areas and what do they have?

A

Torcross and Beesands which both have sea walls protected by rock armour

68
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What happened in 2014?

A

Shingle bastions were built to try and reduce LSD and erosion but they were soon eroded

69
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What happened in 2015

A

250,000 tonnes of shingle was moved from Street to Torcoss only to be washed away overnight in one winter storm

70
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Why has rip-rap in North Hallsands been ineffective?

A

Large depletion of the beach as a natural defence

AQA A-Level Physical Geography (28 decks)

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