Natural Processes
What is the main natural force in creating waves?
Wind
What are the four cardinal points of direction?
North, East, South and West
What is the main argument against seawalls?
They cost a large amount of money to build and maintain
What is the coastal zone?
The interface (the area of land) between the land and the ocean.
What natural process involves the wearing away of the land by the sea. It often involves destructive waves wearing away the coast
Erosion
What BOLTSS stands for?
Border, Orientation, Legend, Title, Source, Scale
What coastal management solution involves setting rocks out in a single row perpendicular to the show?
Groynes
What is longshore drift?
The transportation of sediments parallel along the shoreline through by the current
What are the characteristics of a destructive wave?
Weak swash, strong backwash. The strong backwash removes sediments from the beach; hence being called destructive.
What SPICESS stand for?
Space, Place, Interconnections, Change, Environment, Sustainability, Scale
Which coastal management solution involves setting rocks along the sure?
Rock Armor
What is the term for the deepening or widening of a river or harbour?
Dredging
Which process consists of the transportation of sediments along a coast parallel to the shoreline through the movements of waves?
Longshore drift
What ICZM stands for?
Integrated Costal Zone Management
Name three hard engineering strategies
Sea Walls, Rock Armors, Groynes, Breakwater
What is the building of land into coastal waters called?
Land reclamation
What is deposition?
The process of moving sediments from one location to another. Primarily through the natural forces of waves and wind.
What is the name of the lines that run parallel around the globe?
Latitude
Beach nourishment, Artificial Reefs, Human Relocation, Planting natural deterrents
What is the expected level of sea level rise by 2100?
1.5 metres