Holderness coastline

E346700

The Holderness coastline is a rapidly eroding stretch of England’s east coast in East Yorkshire, known for its soft boulder clay cliffs, disappearing villages, and coastal management challenges.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Holderness coast 3
Holderness Coast 1
Holderness coastline canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastline ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Holderness plain ⓘ
climate temperate maritime climate ⓘ
coastalManagement groynes ⓘ
managed retreat in some areas ⓘ
rock armour ⓘ
sea walls ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
erosionCause longshore drift ⓘ
soft unconsolidated geology ⓘ
storm waves ⓘ
wave action from the North Sea ⓘ
erosionRate among the highest in Europe ⓘ
extendsFrom Flamborough Head ⓘ
extendsTo Spurn Point ⓘ
hasCharacteristic coastal management challenges ⓘ
disappearing villages ⓘ
narrow beaches ⓘ
rapid coastal erosion ⓘ
soft cliffs ⓘ
hasFeature Flamborough Head ⓘ
Spurn Point ⓘ
clay cliffs ⓘ
low-lying farmland ⓘ
hasGeology boulder clay ⓘ
glacial till ⓘ
hasHistoricalEvent loss of several medieval villages to the sea ⓘ
hasLandUse arable farming ⓘ
pastoral farming ⓘ
locatedIn East Riding of Yorkshire ⓘ
England ⓘ
locatedOn North Sea ⓘ
lostSettlement Hornsea Burton ⓘ
Old Kilnsea ⓘ
Owthorne ⓘ
Ravenser Odd ⓘ
nearbyCity Hull ⓘ
nearbyTown Bridlington ⓘ
Hornsea ⓘ
Withernsea ⓘ
partOf Yorkshire and the Humber region ⓘ
east coast of England ⓘ
risk infrastructure damage ⓘ
loss of agricultural land ⓘ
property loss ⓘ
studiedFor coastal erosion processes ⓘ
coastal management strategies ⓘ
typicalErosionRate around 1 to 2 metres per year ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Flamborough Head → partOf → Holderness coastline ⓘ
Spurn Point → partOf → Holderness coast ⓘ
linked to: Holderness coastline
Hornsea → hasNearby → Holderness coast ⓘ
linked to: Holderness coastline
Yorkshire Coast → contains → Holderness Coast ⓘ
linked to: Holderness coastline
Kilnsea → partOf → Holderness coast ⓘ
linked to: Holderness coastline