Borth Case Study

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Introduction to study areas

Introduction to Borth

What is the land behind Borth used for?

Introduction to Ynyslas The main key features of Ynyslas are:
The sand dunes: A sand dune is a mound of sand that is formed by the wind it is usually along the beach or in a desert
Marram Grass: Tall, spiky grass on a sand dune

How do typical sand dunes form?
Sand dunes form when wind blows sand against an obstacle.

What is a sand Dune?
A sand dune is a mound of sand that is formed by the wind it is usually along the beach or in a desert. Dunes tend to form when the wind blows sand into a sheltered area behind an obstacle. Dunes typically grow as grains of sand accumulate.
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As a result the opinions of the environmentalists should be soft management at Ynyslas has been a success

Finally the opinions of the 250,000 the tourists who visit every year, should be… However the management may not have been successful. The environmentalists may not be pleased because the people are creating artificial habitat and not preserving nature.

The tourist may not be pleased because they are ruining the view of the beach which was once all natural but now has been ruined with board walks etc.
2. Hard management at Borth successfully takes into account the protection of businesses and residents at Borth as well as the environmentalists who look after the nature reserve at Ynyslas. At Borth I expect that the.
Reef has topped longshore drift and has life growing on it
Groynes have material growing on them to stop longshore drift from occurring
Sea walls have stopped any erosion that may have previously
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People must have caused the blowout because it occurs when the pH is neutral. However, this is just for the results we have. If you stand and look around the dunes, did you notice other blowouts in places? Ynyslas is a big place and we’re only looking at a very small part of it.
The dune transect shows that there’s 0% vegetation and the dune is flat at the front, but this is to be expected because the salinity of the sea will stop plants growing. This means there’s no roots to anchor the sand dune in place and no plants to obstruct the sand that is being carried by the win (which is what makes the dune build up). When the pH drops and gets near neutral the vegetation starts to go up. Look at point 8 onwards. Being alkaline at all there is 100% vegetation, for example at 11-13. The dune continues to rise with the second ridge peaking at 10.1m. The environmentalists would welcome this as tall, vegetated dunes will be good for the local wildlife. However, there is evidence of a blowout at point 17. There no real reason why there was 5% vegetation here as the pH is close enough to neutral 1t pH 6.5, which means it must be a blowout caused by humans. This probes how the boardwalks have mainly taken the opinions if the environmentalist into consideration