Beach Erosion
For many decades the approach to rapid coastal erosion was to build up sea defenses, to try and slow down or even stop the erosion. Initially the attempts were thought a success, however after some years it was realized that the power of the sea and waves could overcome human attempts. Only could protection be a success if huge costs were going to be involved. Many methods around the world have taken place in he last 50 years with many failures occurring. It is very rare to find a coastline that shows a decrease in the rate of erosion over many years after defenses are in place. In fact in some places, these defenses seem to have speeded up the erosion process. Coastal erosion is a natural process of erosion, transportation, and deposition, and interfering with this balance could be to blame for the rise in erosion on the coasts of some areas. Seawalls have been built out to sea in many areas of the coastline. Their aim is to trap material and thus slow down the rate of long-shore drift. However, these seawalls in some areas have been blamed for the rise in erosion rates further down the coast. Gravel extraction occurs in many offshore areas around the world. Gr
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Some common words found in the essay are:
Umpqua Watersheds, Cause Effect, Operations Removal, coastal erosion, rate erosion, rate long-shore drift, upper cliff, rise erosion, long-shore drift, erosion rates, rate long-shore, coastline decrease, sea levels, friction layers,
Approximate Word count = 954
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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