Holderness coastal erosion
- Created by: aldoman
- Created on: 25-04-13 15:29
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- Holderness-coastal erosion
- problems
- erosional rate of 1.8m of land per year
- SSSI is threatened as the lagoon may be destroyed
- causes
- weak boulder clay easily eroded
- bedding planes
- worsened by construction on cliff face
- groynes downstream cause narrow beaches at holderness
- powerful destructive waves
- impacts
- over 8000m sq of farmland has been lost each year
- houses lost significant value
- 30 villages lost since the roman era
- problems
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