Exploring coastal landforms and geology

Introduction

This short GIS activity uses the Explore SW GIS interface to explore coastal landforms along the stretch of coastline between Lulworth Cove and Poole Harbour. Students will use maps and imagery to identify a range of coastal landforms, and then overlay their maps with bedrock geology data to see how the underlying bedrock geology has in part shaped the coastline today.

This relates to key parts of the physical geography curriculum, exploring coastal landforms and the influence of geology. Students will also develop their map and data interpretation skills in this activity.