Landforms in Holderness

• Headlands- A headland has formed in flamborough head due boulder clay overlying chalk
• What has formed in flamborough head due to boulder clay overlying chalk?

  a headland
• What landform is situated in flamborough head?

  a headland
• Why has a headland formed in flamborough head?:

  • There is chalk which is resistant to erosion
• A wide Beach has formed in Bridlington due the area being sheltered from wind and waves
• Where has a wide beach been formed?:

  • Bridlington
• Why has a wide beach formed in Bridlington?:

  • The area is sheltered from wind and waves
• Sand dunes have formed near spurn head due to material transported by the wind being deposited
• What has formed near spurn head?:

  • A sand dune
• Why has sand dunes been formed near spurn head?:

  • Material transported by the wind has been deposited
• Erosion and Longshore drift have created a spit called spurn head
• What processes has created the spit at spurn head?

  Erosion and longshore drift
• Behind the spit saltmarshes and estuarine mudflats have formed
• What has formed behind the spit?

  saltmarshes and estuarine mudflats