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44 Cards in this Set
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Fjord
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Sognefjord, Norway
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Ria
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Salcombe, Devon
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Dalmatian coastline
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Dalmatian coast, Croatia
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Raised beach
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Isle of Arran, Scotland
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Relict cliff
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Isle of Arran, Scotland
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Coastal flooding
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Hurricane Katrina, June-Sept 2005
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Storm surges
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North Sea
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Coastal erosion
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Holderness
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Coastal hard management
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Holderness, partic Hornsea (£5.2mil)
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Sea wall
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Hornsea
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Stone gabion
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Hornsea
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Groynes
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Mappleton 1991
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Beach nourishment
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Seaford, East Sussex
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Revetment
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Holderness, Easington Gas Terminal
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Coastal realignment (sea wall breached)
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Orplands, Blackwater estuary, Essex |
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Marsh stablisation
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Ray creek, Black water estuary
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Wave cut platforms
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Flamborough Head
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Headlands and bays
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Swanage
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Geos, caves, blowholes, arches and stacks
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Old Harry, Isle of Purbeck
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Beaches
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Holywell beach, East Sussex
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Spits and bars
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Spurn point
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Coastal sand dunes
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Dune of Pilat, France
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Salt marshes
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Ray creek, Blackwater estuary
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Potholes
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Blyde River Canyon, South Africa
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Waterfalls
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High Force, River Tees
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Rapids
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Colorado River
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Meanders and Oxbow lakes
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Cuckmere Haven, Sussex
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Braided channels
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River Severn
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Arculate delta
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Nile Delta
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Cuspate delta
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River Ebro delta, Spain
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Bird's foot delta
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Mississppi delta
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Knickpoints
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South river, central Virginia
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Entrenched meanders
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River Wear, Durham
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Ingrown meanders
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River Wye, Tintern Abbey
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River terraces
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River Isis, Oxford
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LEDC flooding
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Bangladesh August 2014
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MEDC flooding
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Cumbria November 2009
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Dam
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Three Gorges Dam, China
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Levees
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Mississipi
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Channel Straightening
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River Thames flowing through Oxford
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Diversion spillways
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Bonnet Carre, Mississippi
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Land use management
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River Quaggy
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Forecasts and warnings
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River Quaggy
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Riverbank conservation
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River Quaggy
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