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1
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What human activities are found on the North Norfolk Coastline?

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  • Residential
  • Agriculture
  • Transport
  • Energy Production
  • Recreation and Tourism
  • Conservation
  • Water supply
2
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Why is there agriculture in North Norfolks coastline?

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  • Flat land
  • Fertile land, due to being made up of rich glacial sands and clays
  • Grazing on saltmarshes
  • Fish farms
3
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Name an example of energy production in North Norfolk

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  • Wind Turbines in the wash offshore from Hunstanton
4
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Why is there wind turbines in North Norfolks coastline?

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  • Strong prevailing winds
  • Long fetch distance
  • Tidal power station (proposed for the Severn Estuary)
5
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Why is there tourism and recreation in North Norfolks coastline?

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  • Tourist attractions: port, hotel, promenade, peer, museum, camping, cinema
  • Holkham sand dunes and pines
  • 2005: 40% of visitors’ main purpose was bird watching
  • Cromer: heritage centre
6
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Name some conflicts which occur due to the use of North Norfolks coastline

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• The wind farms conflict with the nice view for tourists
• Increasing tourist numbers which disturb wildlife
• Increasing tourist facilities in environmentally sensitive areas
• Rare breeding birds (e.g. dark bellied brent goose) destroy valuable crops (e.g. rapeseed)
• Water pollution by motor craft (e.g. jet skis) and oil is ingested by the animals
• Reduction of fish stocks due to the wind farms
• Sea birds are killed by the wind turbines
• Nitrates are spread on fields due to :
o slurry produced by animals
o manure spread on crop fields
o artificial fertilisers
…so eutrophication takes place as a result; marine animals digest the nitrates are poisoned as they pollute the water; or there is increased algal growth on the water surface which reduces the oxygen content for the marine life.