Coastal Settlements

1. What is a Coast?
A coast is a place where the land meets the ocean and sea.

2. Why do settlements develop near Coast?

 World's largest cities are on the coast. There are ports, hotels, and resorts all develop
near the coast.
 Natural Harbours – The parts of coast acts as natural harbours so it is easy and best
place to launch boats and ships. Example – Sydney in Australia and Vancouver in
Canada
 Estuaries - An estuary is where a river widens out as it reaches the sea. Estuaries are
excellent site for ports because it is sheltered from large and strong tides of sea.
Biggest ports in world are – Dublin in Ireland, Buenos Aires in Argentina
 River Crossing – Villages are developed into towns and cities near rivers as they can
be easy crossed by bridges. Examples – London, Lisbon and Montreal.
 Important Resources and Industries – Cities grew because valuable resources were
found near these coasts. Example – Gold were found near SFO , USA. Newcastle, AU
is developed because of coal nearby.
 Holiday Resorts – Beautiful sandy beaches near coasts were main toursits attraction.
Many holiday resorts are build along the coast – Miami in Florida.

3. How do ports affect the environment?

As there were many industries developed near coasts, the ports were used for transporting
raw materials needed for the industries. These destroyed the plants and animals of that
place due to pollution. The pollution and dirty beaches were not a likable spot for
tourists.

4. coastal holiday resort

 Benidorm, on Spain's south coast, is Europe's biggest holiday resort. It has warm
and sunny weather throughout the year due to nearby mountains.
 Its temp is 15 to 26 deg cent
 In 1950 it was a small fishing village famous for Tuna
 Later due to industries nearby, the tuna fishes count decreased and tourists also
decreased.
 Benidorm was one of the first holiday resorts to have 'package holidays'. This is
where flights and hotel or apartment accommodation are sold together, and
special flights, called charter flights, carry the tourists to their destination.
 With more than 8000 kilometres of sandy beaches, Spain is one of the most
popular tourist destinations in Europe.
  Today Beindorm is a very famous tourist spot in spain with attractions like –
Warm climate, sandy beaches, leisure activities – biking, cycling and para sailing
and also large theme parks.

5. Coastal city of Aqaba

 Aqaba is a city on the coast of Jordan at the north-eastern tip of the Red Sea.It is
Jordon’s only coastal city and port
 Aqaba has many tourist attraction - pleasant desert climate, with warm winters
and hot, dry summers
 sandy beaches and warm seawater, which are enjoyed by bathers and windsurfers
 the rich sea life which attracts scuba divers and snorkelers
 trips in glass-bottomed boats to see the corals and fish life
 Aqaba is a busy container port. Most of Jordan's export goods leave the country
from this port. It is also a busy ferry port, with ferries carrying passengers, cars
and trucks between Aqaba and ports in Egypt.
 Phosphate is one of the Jordon’s most important export