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Explore the geography of a place.

Look closely at a landscape, find it on the map, and explore the processes that shaped it.

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UK teaching place

Holderness

Teaching location53.73°N 0.05°W

Temperate climate (Cfb)Intraplate
Aerial photograph of Spurn Point curving across the Humber estuary entrance.
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Spurn Point, England, photographed in 2024. Longshore transport supplies a spit at the Humber estuary.
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Climate at the reference point

The marked location is classified as Cfb in the temperate climate family. Explore how temperature and rainfall define this pattern.

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Coasts

Look at the shape of the shoreline. Explore how waves and sediment transport build spits and cut back cliffs.

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Glacial landforms

Look for broad valleys and deposits left by moving ice. Follow the erosion and deposition that create these landforms.

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About the climate and map data

Climate labels describe the marked reference point using the 1991–2020 Köppen–Geiger classification; climate can vary greatly within the surrounding country or region. Tectonic labels identify regional teaching examples.

Beck et al. climate data (CC BY 4.0) and Bird’s PB2002 plate model provide the scientific context.