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Aim To investigate and illustrate some of the erosional and depositional features in the town Manchioneal, Portland.
Introduction of study area
Manchioneal is a small town, located in the parish of Portland(capital is Port Antonio). It is located on Jamaica’s northeast coast, with its geographical coordinates 18⁰ 2’ 0”North, 76⁰ 17’ 0” West. Products such as Bananas and Coconuts are produced in Manchioneal, also, Manchioneal consist of many beautiful depositional and erosional features which give it a unique look, which made it a tourist attraction.
Methodology On May 7,2010 at approximately 8:30am, a group of geology students of Merl Grove High School went on a field trip. The field exercise was conducted along the coastline. The area studied for the S.B.A was Manchioneal, Portland. The data were collected in various ways such as: A Sketch was made of an Arch. A diagram of Erosional features along Portland road was drawn. Photographs were taken of features such as stack, Blow hole, Beach and Cave. Field notes were also made and textbooks were used to collect secondary data.
EROSIONAL FEATURES
CAVE
A Cave is a large, naturally-occurring cavity formed in the face of a headland.
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Bibliography: Rahil A.M. Vohn. New Caribean Geography with map reading and CXC Questions,1984.