Geography - Walton on the Naze

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                                                   Kasim-Hassan

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For our Geography Case Study, we visited Walton-on-the-Naze.

The aim of our study is to find out the differences of beach characteristics between managed and unmanaged sections of the coast at Walton-on-the-Naze.

Walton-on-the-Naze is a coastal resort, located approximately 10 miles from Frinton-on-Sea.

I have chosen to study this topic, in order to identify variations in beach characteristics. Our visit to Walton-on-the-Naze came on 21st May 2008.

Going at this time, at the beginning of the summer, made it particularly easier, to make notes and have our experiments done. There would also be fewer tourists, resulting in less interference in our experiments, thus helping to record results more accurately.

Coastal erosion is the wearing away of land or the removal of beach or dune sediments by wave action, tidal currents, wave currents, or drainage.

Waves generated by storms, wind, or fast moving motor craft, cause coastal erosion, which may take the form of long-term losses of coastal sediments and rocks, or merely the temporary redistribution of coastal sediments; erosion in one location may result in accretion nearby. It may be caused by hydraulic action, abrasion, and corrosion.

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On rocky coasts, coastal erosion results in dramatic rock formations in areas where the coastline contains rock layers or fracture zones with different resistances to erosion.  Softer areas become eroded much faster than harder ones, which typically result in landforms such as tunnels, bridges, columns, and pillars.

I Predict that further down the beach, the less sediments there will be, the amount of sediments will vary between the managed and unmanaged section.

A reason for this was the process of long-shore drift – varying between the managed and unmanaged section. Hydraulic action is also a form of erosion, ...

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