holderness
- Created by: emilyforrester
- Created on: 21-01-19 17:12
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- Holderness
- East Coast of England
- North Sea
- East of York and Hull
- Causes of erosion
- glacial bounding clay - weak/soft easily eroded
- Strong North easterly winds - powerful destructive waves and LSD to the south
- Narrow beaches - less protection as don't weaken wave power
- Effects of erosion
- 4km of land lost
- 14 villages lost in 2000years
- Management of erosion
- Bridlington - 4.7 km sea wall
- Hornsea - sea wall, groynes and rock armour
- Mappleton -rock groynes
- Increased erosion at Great Cowden - farms destroyed and loss of 100 chalets at The Golden Sands Holiday Park
- Spurn head - groynes and rock armour
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