Cronulla Beach is a popular tourist attraction and attracts many beachgoers from all over Sydney. It is located on a southern Sydney peninsular‚ surrounded by Botany Bay to the north‚ Bate Bay to the east‚ Port Hacking to the south‚ and Gunnamatta Bay to the west. On the 14th of March 2011‚ year 10 went to Cronulla Beach to investigate how people use and interact with the coastal environment. We investigated three main things and they were: * What impacts local residents and businesses have
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The sleeping bear dunes incident This is only half of the hill T My feet were burning it felt like I was stepping on sand that is on fire. When is this torturous dune climb ever going to be over I thought to myself? “ Are we there yet”my sister Maddie said impatiently. We were going to take a awesome hike through sleeping bear dunes. Then are car came to a stop. We all jumped out of the car and onto the trail. It was beautiful trail wonderful colorful leaves were from every direction
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physical factors which cause change in ecosystems can be seen through succession; for example in the sand dune ecosystem in Talacre‚ North Wales you can see how the vegetation changes with distance from the high mark. The further in land you travel across the sand dunes the more densely the vegetation become and the wider the variety of species that grow there become. This is because the fore dunes have many physical factors which inhibit the growth of flora; there is little soil with almost no shelter
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Growing up‚ the end of October typically meant playing soccer and finding a costume for trick-or-treating‚ but in 2012‚ my community became saturated and preoccupied by the anticipation of a coming storm. Although northern New Jersey is not normally where hurricanes violently meet land and its inhabitants‚ the weather pattern became apparent that we were not going to escape this one. On October 29‚ Hurricane Sandy began to embrace and ravish everything impeding its chosen path. Instead of soccer
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P H Hoeft State Park: A Mile of Pristine White Sand Beach‚ and Dunes The park is densely wooded. This is one of Michigan’s very first state parks. It lies near the Straits of Mackinac‚ and just 50 miles from the Mackinac Bridge. It’s a popular place‚ but the thick forest means that sounds from other campers come in muffled‚ if at all. Rangers are friendly‚ and chitchat with you as you check in. Whether you’re coming for an afternoon or a lot longer‚ the one thing that can’t be missed is the park’s
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groynes‚ harbours‚ jetties)‚ people walking on dunes and pollution. Although structures such as a groyne is used to help withstand beach erosion it is stopping sand from replenishing beaches further down a coast. This is because it is stopping the sand normally moved by longshore drift. People walking on dunes increases the rate of erosion. This causes the dune to become extremely unstable‚ making it dangerous - especially if there is a big drop. When the dunes are walked on or when the vegetation is destroyed
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In some ways it seems that Lynch was miscast as its director: Eraserhead had been one of those sell-your-own-plasma-to-buy-the-film-stock masterpieces‚ with a tiny and largely unpaid cast and crew. Dune‚ on the other hand‚ had one of the biggest budgets in Hollywood history‚ and its production staff was the size of a Caribbean nation‚ and the movie involved lavish and cuttingedge special effects. Plus‚ Herbert’s novel itself was incredibly long and
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Hard Engineering Seawalls How it is designed to overcome the problem Sea walls are usually built along the front of cliffs‚ often to protect settlements. A seawall is a structure constructed parallel to the coastline that shelters the shore from wave action. This structure has many different designs; it can be used to protect a cliff from wave attack and improve slope stability and it can also dissipate wave energy on sandy coasts. Challenges /Limitations /Disadvantages However‚ a seawall may not
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Coast District Council (KCDC) and independent groups have put in measures to stop this erosion. The measures include‚ Vegetation planting‚ seawalls‚ rock revetment‚ dune restoration and beach re-nourishment. Below is a diagram showing areas on the Kapiti Coast where measures have been taken out. (Fig. #1) Currently the recent dune restoration along Paraparaumu Beach is doing great‚ however the seawall along Raumati to Raumati South’s coast line is failing and rock revetment that has been out in
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often decrease the sediment supply near the seawall‚ causing erosion on adjacent beaches. Therefore‚ alternatives to these hard structures are strongly encouraged and actively sought by the NPS.” Breakwaters -“Dunes not directly disturbed‚ increases area of dry upper beach‚ may allow new fore dunes to stabilize. Unlimited structure life.” -Low maintenance -“Visually intrusive‚ alter upper beach morphology‚ may cause fine sediment‚ seaweed or debris to accumulate along upper beach. Can cause locally strong
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