Geography GCSE Presentation - Coast Under Threat

1. Coast Under Threat By God and Demi-God

2. Hydraulic action is eroding the side of the cliff. This village will eventually fall into the sea.

3. Longshore drift has move the material (sand and shingle) in the direction of the prevailing wind. Where hydraulic action erodes cliff’s away longshore drift creates more land from the material the sea has picked and moved by the prevailing wind.

4. This bay has been created by hydraulic action, corrasion and attrition. Ladye Bay, Clevedon, Somerset The bay was able to be formed because of a softer rock wedged between two harder types of rocks. The softer rock has been worn away faster than the hard rock