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

Rock Groyne

Mappleton

Spurn Head• Located on the Humber

Estuary on the East Yorkshire Coast.

Rock types on the Holderness coast

Spurn Head

Spurn Head

Waves

Constructive waves

Destructive waves

Sediment in the sea

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.