CS- Coastal Landforms

Question 1

Where?

Answer 1

Holderness coast

Question 2

Headland

Answer 2

Flamborough head- most northerly point of Holderness coast

Discordant geology, chalk and clay layers. Clay erodes faster than chalk, making chalk headlands

Question 3

Bays

Answer 3

Selwicks Bay, clay bay

Question 4

Caves, arches, stacks and stumps

Answer 4

Flamborough head hosts all these features where the chalk headland has eroded

Question 5

Coastal spit

Answer 5

Spurn head- 4.8km long
It is a nature reserve and a Site of Scientific Interest
Protected water behind spit formed a salt marsh
Built from long shore drift material deposition