Geography AQA Fieldwork

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This involves building structures to protect the coast
Hard Engineering
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This involves working with nature by using natural materials or allowing nature to take back areas
Soft Engineering
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Method by which sediment is transported along a coastline
Longshore Drift
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Where the buildings are built in lines and is often found on steep hillsides
A linear settlement pattern
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Where the buildings are spread out and is often found in upland areas.
A dispersed settlement pattern
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Where a lot of buildings are grouped together and is often found in lowland areas
A nucleated settlement pattern
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The height and shape of the land
Relief
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Where and how people live
Settlement
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The presence of water and where it flows
Drainage
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These can include many different types of transport, such as roads, railways, footpaths, ferries, airports, cycleways
Communication
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This is the way land is used or has been changed by people
Land Use
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Photos taken from the ground and usually focus on a particular feature
Ground photos
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Photos taken from aeroplanes, helicopters or drone
Aerial photos
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Look directly down to the ground
Vertical
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Look at the landscape from an angle
Obilque
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Lines of weakness in a headland, such as...
Faults
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The rock wears away along a line of weakness to form a...
Cave
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Erosion may lead to the cave breaking through the headland to form an...
Arch
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This involves working with nature by using natural materials or allowing nature to take back areas

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Soft Engineering

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Method by which sediment is transported along a coastline

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Where the buildings are built in lines and is often found on steep hillsides

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Card 5

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Where the buildings are spread out and is often found in upland areas.

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