Coasts Flashcards
(33 cards)
What is the cost of coastal management at minehead?
£ 12.5 million
What percentage of the UK heritage buildings are found in Walton-On-The-Naze
5%
How many tonnes of granite rock armour is placed at the foot of the cliff in Walton-On-The-Naze?
16,000
How many villages has the holderness coastline lost since the Roman times?
29
How are of the dunes at Stuttland managed to reduce negative impacts on them.
- Honeypot site
- Education
- Zonation
- Exclusion zones
What percentage of land in Bangladesh is less than eight metres below sea level?
50%
When was cyclone Sidr?
2007
What country did cyclone sidr affect?
Bangladesh.
How many deaths were there as a result of cyclone sidr?
3400
How high was the storm surges as a result of cyclone SIDR.
6m
What was the cost of damages as a result of cyclone? SIDR.
US$2.31 billion
How many properties are at risk of coastal flooding in the uk by 2050
up to 200,000
What is the average cost of damage from coastal flooding to the UK each year?
£120 million
How many people could be displaced by sea level rise by 2100
630 million
what road runs through Mappleton?
B1242
how far from the cliff edge is the B1242?
50m
what was the cost of coastal management in Mappleton?
£2 million on 2 rock groynes and a rock revetment
What is the average annual rate of erosion for the Holdeness coastline?
2m/year
What coastal management is at Mappleton?
- rock armour
- 2 rock groynes
- sloping revetment
What coastal management is at Easington?
- revetment
- rock armour
What coastal management is at Walton-on-the-Naze?
- stubb groynes
- rock armour
What coastal management is at Porlock?
- originally a shingle ridge
- NOW MANAGED RETREAT
What coastal management is at Minehead?
- curved sea wall
- rock armour
what is the geology of Swanage?
DISCORDANT COASTLINE
- chalk
- clay
- limestone
