| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| What type of delta is it? | Lobate | 80%
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| How many millions of euros has been spent on sea defences in the Rhone Delta area? | 15 | 60%
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| What is the maximum lenght of this fetch in km? | 900 | 60%
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| What type of beach slope does that above lead to? | Gentle | 60%
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| Is there high or low levels of river deposition? | High | 60%
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| Has there been increased or decreased storm activity? | Increased | 60%
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| Is windspeeds high or low? | Low | 60%
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| Is kinetic and gravitational wave energy high or low? | Low | 60%
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| What sea is the Rhone delta located in? | Mediterranean | 60%
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| Does the coastline have a long or short fetch? | Short | 60%
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| What is the range of the levels of costal retreat in m? | {2}-{8} | 40%
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| How long is the above spit in km? | 6 | 40%
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| Over how many years has it been formed over? | 7000 | 40%
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| What is an example of a spit in the Rhone Delta? | Gracieuse | 40%
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| What type of dam is the above answer? | Hydroelectric | 40%
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| Where is it located? | Southern France | 40%
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| What is the total area in km*2? | 1740 | 20%
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| What is the level of sea level rise since 1950 (Value and Units)? | {2 mm}/year | 20%
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| What is it the total length in km? | 90 | 20%
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| What type of process takes place in the Rhone Delta (lobate delta)? | Coagulation | 20%
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| What is the name of the dam found in the Rhone Delta? | {Donzere}-{Mondragon} | 20%
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| What nature of the sea is the length of the fetch due to? | Enclosed | 20%
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| What exacerbated the costal sediment deficit? | River channel incision | 20%
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| What 2 major distributaries does it lie between? | {River Rhone} and {Grand Rhone} | 20%
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| What port has the spit formed across the entrance to? | St Louis | 20%
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| During seasonal variations up to how much sediment discharge is there during high energy conditions in m*3? | 6000 | 0%
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| What is the cause of the above costal retreat? | Decreased sediment inputs | Sediment defecit | 0%
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| What does the above answer lead to an increase in? | Deposited sediment | Sediment deposition | 0%
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| What transports the above answer? | Longshore currents | 0%
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| What type of landforms are there lots of in cell 3? | Onshore bars | 0%
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| What direction is longshore drift in cell 1? | {South West} to {North East} | 0%
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| What is it predominantly formed by? | Wave deposition | 0%
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