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Explain how a coastline of headlands and bays forms and changes over time.

The coastline will be made of bands of hard and soft rock to begin with. As the waves erode the coastline, the soft rock will be eroded quicker. This results in the areas of softer rock to retreat, formin...

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Outline 2 key controls on climate in the tropics

The first key control on the tropics are air masses. Air masses are a large body of air in which the horizontal gradients of their main physical properties vary only slightly. They are are high pressure b...

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Outline 2 reasons why a country may have shortage of water supply excluding human factors. (3)

One reason can be a that the country is land-locked. This means that the land area has to rely on water from rivers; they are not able to resort to desalination to obtain freshwater. Moreover, the country...

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Explain why hard engineering approaches are still used to protect some coastal areas?


Cost benefit analysis if often used to establish whether hard engineering strategies should be used to protect an area of coastline. The general equation used is the following: Cost Benefit= Value o...

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Why do waterfalls retreat?

Waterfalls are an erosional landform which are formed when a band of soft rock is overlaid with a band of hard rock. Over time, the soft rock is eroded through a combination of hydraulic action* and abras...

Answered by Beth C. Geography tutor
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