Investigating Coasts

Investigating Coasts

W.A.L.A: Visiting the coasts

L.O: Physical and human features of coast and how they affect human activities.

Human features

• It is possible to categorize places on the coast by the types of human features which are evident there. In places such as river mouths and deep-water bays, fishing and trading ports have grown.

•  In places with attractive beaches, tourist resorts have been developed.

• Human features can contribute to erosion on the coast. Buildings on cliff tops can increase the instability of cliffs, resulting in landslips.

• Therefore concrete sea walls are built at the base of cliffs, and gabions to reinforce coasts threatened by erosion

How do ports affect the environment?

• Ports are developed in the shelter of river estuaries, because estuaries are sheltered from the force of waves and tides.

• Within the development of a port comes the growth of oil refineries and industries that bring that use the port to bring in their raw materials.

• But also as ports develop the habitats of plants and animals are destroyed by building work and pollution

Additional resourceful material

• https://youtu.be/3mpn_FwTOD8