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CASE STUDY : TOWYN

An extreme event was responsible for flooding the lowlying estuary area of Towyn in NE Wales, in 1990.

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The interactive exercise from NGfL Cymru explores the causes and results of the Towyn flooding through maps and weather charts.

A GCSE Geography case study of coastal flooding at Towyn, NE Wales: its causes, effects  and schemes to reduce flooding can be found in ‘The New Wider World Coursemate for WJEC GCSE Geography’ Cathie Brooks , Sue Taylor, 2004, Nelson Thornes 0 7487 9080
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View a newspaper article and photographs which describe the memory of one person who was flooded.
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