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What is Hard Engineering?
Controlled distruption of natural processes using man-made structures
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What is Soft engineering?
The use of natural systems for coastal defences
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Define Magnitude-frequency analysis?
Refers to the size of a flood and how often they occur. It seeks to predict the return time of the flood
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What are renewable energy resources?
Resources that will not run out and are continously being created
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What is a river regime?
The pattern over a river flows over a period of time
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What are renewable energy resources?

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