Holderness Coast Essay

The Holderness coast is located on the east coast of England. Although it is popular among tourists and bird watching afrionados, at the same time, It is one of the Europe’s fastest eroding coast lines. Approximately 2 million tonnes of material get eroded, which is about 1 to 2 meters of erosion occurs every year. Because of this rapid erosion, about 30 villages have been sank into the sea since the Roman times. This is due to the fact that the Holderness Coast is made of Cretaceous Chelk, and is covered by bolder cray that deposited from the last gracial retreat about 10000 years ago. Also, the Holderness coast is exposed to powerful waves: hydraulic action and abrasion are often seen on the coast. In addition, the landslide that is defined as rotational slip is cutting the cliff even more. When it rains, the rain water soaks through the soft wet cray layer and make a crack, and as …show more content…
There is a caraban park near th beach, and it is the biggest source of money to the village. And the biggest issue is that the local government decided not to support sea defences because of high cost, the size of village and potential effect further down the coast. Groynes used to protect the coastline of this village, but now it is too old and abondoned. Therefore, instead of the local government, the Environment Agency formed by the local residents has done the protections such as building flood banks. The flood bank is built by rocks, and it pushed the sea water into the Humber Estuary. It is successfully working at this moment, however, this is expected to last for only 20~30 years that the problems are not solved completely. Also, to built the flood bank, many caravans buses , builings, land and capitals were lost. The floodbank pushes water to the Humber Estuary that other area will be negatively affected later