Coastal geography

Semaphore beach Population: 2,832 (2006 census) Established: 1849 Location: 14 km (9 mi) from CBD LGA(s): city of port Adelaide Enfield Staten electorate(s): lee Federal division(s): port Adelaide History of semaphore beach According to Beach Safe (2015) in 1836, when Colonel William Light’s ship, the Rapid, sailed into the Port Adelaide River inlet and anchored in the Gawler Reach, it entered the ecological and cultural landscape within the Tjilbruke Dreaming Track of the Kaurna Aboriginal people

In the realm of attempts to stave off coastal erosion and the impact of sea level rise, there are generally two categories of accepted proposals: soft and hard solutions. Soft solutions are commonly considered more environmentally friendly, but tend to be less effective than hard solutions are:

There are both natural and built features present at The Spit. Natural features include a long beach, parklands and lots of trees and shrubs on the side of the road. Built features include a sea world theme park and resort with a large car park for each as well as a one lane road and on the side of the beach there are rock walls and every few kilometres there are watch towers. Currently The Spit is used in several ways such as a retail precinct, accommodation, and fishing, it is also used as a tourist

A coastal plain is a low flat surface that is a part of the coast of the Atlantic ocean. This area takes up almost half of the whole state of North Carolina. Here you get all four seasons, and sometimes you can see it snow on the beach while it can also get to 100 degrees The Outer Banks is made of three parts. This includes the Tidewater, Outer banks, and the Inner Coastal Plains. The outer banks is about 175 miles long and consists of many barrier islands. Barrier islands are thin islands separated

In this project we had to pick an environmental issue in our area and research it. In this project I chose coastal erosion because it was the most common environmental issue. This is a problem because coastal erosion causes many people to lose their home and jobs that live on the coast and if this continues all of louisiana will be under water then nobody will have anywhere to live in Louisiana. This an issue not in just in Louisiana but on most every coastline in the world. Methods: I picked which

There are many processes to the formation of Connecticut's surface and landscape.There were many different reasons why Connecticut got its features, for example plate tectonics formed the Appalachian Mountains. Glaciation put the rocks all along the coastline of Hammonasset Beach. Last is weathering and erosion again Hammonasset beach had all of those rocks and since they had cracks in the rocks the water got in and froze even some of the biggest rocks. Plate tectonics are very dangerous when they

threatened by the encroaching sea. Coastal erosion chewed away about 1,300 feet of beach, bringing the waves to within 150 feet of the 4,800-ton sentinel. When the light was erected in 1870, it stood about 1,500 feet back from the waves. The lighthouse, on the Outer Banks, North Carolina's long barrier beach, was built to warn ships from waters called "the graveyard of the Atlantic." Ironically, the move should serve as a warning about the growing problem of coastal erosion. Erosion is not just

Many, if not most, of our coastal environment concerns stem from population growth pressure (Rhinehart, 1997). These trends make it clear that the hodgepodge of environmental and zoning laws throughout the country --- many at odds with each other --- are unable to cope with the pressures

Activity on Coastal Landforms Human activities add another layer of complexity to the natural processes of coastal lands and materials. These activities may have direct or indirect effects on our changing coastlines. They may effect sources of new sediment to the coast and the movement of sediment within the coastal environment. Sediment starvation caused by river and coastal management is one effect of human activities on the coast. For some coastal regions,

Protection Methods     6 Conclusion     6 References     7 Introduction Coastline changes due to weather and human intervention represent a major concern for coastal planners all over the world. Coastline changes, not only has an effect on citizens who own property by the seaside, it also has a major effect on our business here at McDuff. While beaches may be vacation spots for some, their disappearance through