Holderness Key Facts

Question 1

How much land is lost a year

Answer 1

nearly 1m

4km of land lost since Roman times

Question 2

What county is it in

Answer 2

Yorkshire

Question 3

Name the holderness sediment cell

Answer 3

Flamborough head sediment cell

Question 4

Name an erosional landform

Answer 4

A stack at Selwicks Bay, Flamborough

Question 5

Name a depostional landform

Answer 5

Spurn Point, a spit

Question 6

How long is the fetch across the north sea

Answer 6

500 - 800km

Question 7

What is most of the areas geology

Answer 7

Boulder clay, a mixture of fine clays, sands and boulders deposited by the last ice age

Question 8

Human impacts holderness

Answer 8

Sea walls and groynes can increase erosion. The curved walls reflect the energy which is the returned to the beach and strips away the sediment, this can undermine the seawall

Groynes can interfere with natural sediment transfer. While sections of the coast are protecetd, sections further south loose their beach material and protection