GeographyGeographyCLIL ProjectCLIL Project

11ST ST DD

2014-20152014-2015

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UNIT G-HUNIT G-HSEASEA

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G1. Changing coastal shapes 78-79 62, 63, 66, 67

G2. Seas and coasts of Europe 80-81 no

G3. Seas and coasts of Italy 82-83 no

H1. European coasts under pressure

86-87 65

H2. Coasts erosion 88-89 65

H3. Marine pollution 90-91 58 (rivers)

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G1. CHANGING COASTAL SHAPES

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MORE VOCABULARY

Fiord (or Fjord): a long, narrow, steep-sided inlet formed by glaciers and later drowned by a rise is sea level. Fjords are often over 3 kilometres deep.

Mud Flows or Slides: occur after periods of heavy rain when loose surface material becomes saturated and the extra weight causes the material to become unstable and move rapidly downhill in an almost fluid state.

Off-shore: out at sea, away from the land.

Permeable Rock: allows water to percolate or pass through it e.g. limestone, sandstone and chalk.

Gabions: steel wire mesh filled with boulders used in coastal defences.

Groyne: a wooden barrier built out into the sea to stop the longshore drift of sand and shingle, and so cause the beach to grow. It is used to build beaches to protect against cliff erosion and provide an important tourist amenity. However, by trapping sediment it deprives another area, down-drift, of new beach material (beach replenishment). See Rock Strongpoints.

Swash: forward movement of a wave up a beach.

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H1. EUROPEAN COASTS UNDER PRESSURE

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