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Spurn Head

Spurn Head. What is this and what might have caused it?. Spurn Point. What is this and what might have caused it?. Here is one clue. Here is another clue. Here is another clue. Mappleton. Rock Groyne. Spurn Head. Located on the Humber Estuary on the East Yorkshire Coast.

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Spurn Head

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  1. Spurn Head What is this and what might have caused it?

  2. Spurn Point What is this and what might have caused it?

  3. Here is one clue

  4. Here is another clue

  5. Here is another clue Mappleton Rock Groyne

  6. Spurn Head • Located on the Humber Estuary on the East Yorkshire Coast.

  7. Rock types on the Holderness coast Spurn Head Spurn Head

  8. Waves Constructive waves Destructive waves

  9. Sediment in the sea

  10. Longshore drift • Longshore drift is the movement of material along the beach in a zig zag pattern. • The swash approaches at an angle to the beach pushing the sediment with it. • The backwash pulled by gravity drags the beach material back into the sea where the process repeats.

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