Figure 1 Location of Flamborough Head
Flamborough Head is a prominent headland on the coast of North Yorkshire (see Figure 1). The type of cliff we find around the UK coastline depends upon the rock as well as upon the severity of the attack by the sea. The cliffs at Flamborough Head are chalk cliffs.
Chalk is vulnerable to wave attack. Waves are only able to erode that part of the cliff they can reach — the part that is below high-water level, or a little above, within reach of storm waves (see Figure 2). Such waves are able to pick up pebbles from the beach and hurl them at the face of the cliff, so that it is continually pounded with a series of hammer blows.
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