UK Marine Waters 2004 - Marine Processes and Climate: Changes to Coasts and Seabed

Table 1:	Present average rates of shoreline movement
	Values are number of individual locations where shoreline position has been measured. From OST (2004c).
	Courtesy of OST

Region	Little change (movement less than +/- 0.1 m/yr)	Erosion				Accretion (greater than 0.1 m/yr)
Region	Little change (movement less than +/- 0.1 m/yr)	0.1-0.5 m/yr	0.5-1.0 m/yr	1.0-2.0 m/yr	greater than 2.0 m/yr	Accretion (greater than 0.1 m/yr)
North East England	94	26	5	13	5	8
East England	77	14	4	16	7	11
South East England	89	35	12	6	2	30
South West England	191	61	12	4	1	48
Wales	114	31	9	0	2	33
North West England	22	15	4	1	2	25
TOTALS	587	182	46	40	19	155
Percentage	57%	18%	4%	4%	2%	15%

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Inter-Agency Committee on Marine Science and Technology
UK Marine Waters 2004 - Marine Processes & Climate