Industry on the Coast: Southampton Water
- Created by: Joseph Timoney-Smith
- Created on: 10-04-14 10:50
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- Industry on the coast: Southampton
- It is an estuary (were salt meets fresh water) and is a ria (a valley formed after the last ice ages' glaciers melting)
- Has deepwater channels for larger boats can naturally fit through there
- There is plenty of flat, usable land
- Pressures and problems on Southampton water
- There is a salt marsh (an SSSI site) next to an oil refinery and a large docking station, it has lost biodiversity due to the pollution
- These industrial developments have led to the water being heated to 30 degrees Celsius, meaning many marine wildlife will die
- This liquid waste is called EFFLUENT
- The main oil refinery in this area is called Fawley, it has 3000 people working there and it handles 2000 ships a year and 22 million tonnes of crude oil
- Metal pollution were runoff's of lead and magnesium fall into the sea and pollute and kill the wildlife
- These industrial developments have led to the water being heated to 30 degrees Celsius, meaning many marine wildlife will die
- New housing builds create problems for sewage disposal
- Coastal Squeeze!
- There is a salt marsh (an SSSI site) next to an oil refinery and a large docking station, it has lost biodiversity due to the pollution
- Pressures on Southampton Water
- The expansion of suburbs and villages means there is a lot of human activitiy close to the estuary
- It is an estuary (were salt meets fresh water) and is a ria (a valley formed after the last ice ages' glaciers melting)
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