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The Holderness Coast
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... The Holderness Coast The Holderness coast refers to a section of the East Coast from Flamborough Head to Spurn Point. The total distance of this coastline is 50 kilometres from the North to the South. The rocks in this area consist mainly of softer rocks, such as Chalk, Boulder Clay, Gravel and Sand. This one of the reasons why the coastline is eroding at a very fast rate. The other reason is because of the powerful effect of the artic 'long fetch' where the energy of 3000miles of sea is dispersed onto the coastline. Due to longshore drift, the material is gradually being taken from the North and deposited at the South, at Spurn point. This is the reason why Spurn point was formed, because of long shore drift. There is only around £250,000 to protect the whole of the coastline, which is hardly anything considering the cost of sea defences and the
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