Case Studies

Case Studies

Coasts
1. Emergent coastlines
  1. Raised beaches
2. Submergent coastlines
  1. Ria
    1. Ria de Arosa, Spain
  2. Fjord
    1. Sognefjord, Norway
  3. Dalmation coast
    1. Croatia
3. Erosional landforms
  1. Headlands and bays
    1. The Foreland
      1. Dorset
      2. Chalk
    2. Swanage Bay
  2. Cove
    1. Lulworth Cove
  3. Arch
    1. Durdle Door
  4. Stack and stump
    1. Old Harry and his wife
  5. Wave cut notch
    1. Flamborough Head
      1. Chalk
      2. Yorkshire
4. Depositional landforms
  1. Sand dunes (psammosere)
    1. Ynylas
    2. Pioneer species
      1. Couch grass
    3. Climatic climax vegetation
      1. Oak trees
  2. Spit
    1. Spurn Head
      1. Yorkshire
  3. Tombolo
    1. Chesil Beach
      1. Dorset
      2. Joins mainland to the Isle of Portland
  4. Bar
    1. Slapton Ley
      1. Devon
  5. Beach
    1. Brighton
5. Coastal flooding
  1. MEDC
    1. Netherlands
      1. 40% land mass below sea level
      2. Coastline is less than 5m elevation
  2. LEDC
    1. Bangladesh
      1. Causes
        Tropical cyclones (low pressure storms)
        Coastal surge up river estuary. Water funneled. Water height up to 9m
        Strong winds
        180km/hr
        Monsoon rainfall
        Low lying land
        1000 people per square kilometre
      2. Impacts
        Disease
        Cholera
        Thyphoid
        Crops ruined
        Famine
        80% rice crop ruined
        4 million people affected
        300,000 died
        1 million homeless
        Half million cows drowned
        2/3 fishing fleet lost
        Habitats affected
        More wetlands
        More mosquitoes
        Malaria
        Mangroves destroyed
        Loss of coastal defence
        Bengal tigers habitat destroyed
        Increased salinity of soils
        1/2 national territory flooded
      3. Aid
6. Coastal management
  1. Hard
    1. Sheringham
      1. Sea walls
      2. Groynes
      3. Rock armour
    2. Fairlight
      1. Remedial works
        Grading
        Cliff drainage
        Rock armour
  2. Soft
    1. Pett Level
      1. Beach nourishment
    2. Abbots Hall Farm
      1. Managed retreat
  3. Shoreline management plans
7. Cliff retreat
  1. Barton on Sea
Rivers
1. River flooding
  1. MEDC
  2. LEDC
2. River management
  1. Colorado
3. Rejuvenation
  1. Incised meander
    1. Grand Canyon, Colorado
  2. Entrenched meander
4. Drainage basins
  1. Dendritic
    1. Amazon
  2. Deranged
    1. Siberia
  3. Sub Parallel
    1. Begna River, Norway
  4. Radial
    1. Ben Nevis
  5. Centripetal
    1. Loch Neagh, Northern Ireland
  6. Trellis
    1. Luangwa River, Zambia
5. Erosional landforms
  1. Waterfall
    1. Niagara
  2. Gorge
    1. Cheddar Gorge
  3. Meander
    1. Colorado
  4. Oxbow lake
    1. Cuckmere Haven
  5. Levees and floodplains
    1. Sheyeene River, North Dakota
  6. V-shaped valleys
6. Despositional landforms
  1. Alluvial fan
  2. Delta
    1. Bird foot
      1. Mississippi
    2. Arcuate
      1. Nile
    3. Cuspate
      1. Ebro, Spain
  3. Braided river
    1. Iceland

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