IB Geography SL · 2019 to 2025
8.3 Managing coastal margins
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8.3 Managing coastal margins
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Micro-topics in 8.3 Managing coastal margins
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- Regular
last May 26 P1
- Fading
last Nov 24 P1
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| Micro-topic | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2019: 5 questions | 1Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2020: 1 question | ·Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2021: 0 questions | 2Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2022: 2 questions | 1Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2023: 1 question | ·Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2024: 0 questions | 1Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2025: 1 question | 1Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict, 2026: 1 question | |
| ·Ocean and coastal pollution, 2019: 0 questions | ·Ocean and coastal pollution, 2020: 0 questions | 2Ocean and coastal pollution, 2021: 2 questions | ·Ocean and coastal pollution, 2022: 0 questions | 1Ocean and coastal pollution, 2023: 1 question | 1Ocean and coastal pollution, 2024: 1 question | ·Ocean and coastal pollution, 2025: 0 questions | ·Ocean and coastal pollution, 2026: 0 questions |
- Regularin roughly one paper in six or more
- Fadingused to appear, but not seen for two years or more
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Questions on 8.3 Managing coastal margins, by exam session
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May 2026
1 question across 1 paper
May 2025
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November 2024
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November 2023
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May 2023
1 question across 1 paper
November 2022
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May 2022
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November 2021
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May 2021
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November 2020
1 question across 1 paper
November 2019
1 question across 1 paper
May 2019
2 questions across 1 paper
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Which Geography SL exam sessions are covered for 8.3 Managing coastal margins?
15 exam sessions from 2019 to 2026, the latest May 2026. Every Paper 1 in every timezone is read and classified in full, which gives 12 papers in this archive.
Which 8.3 Managing coastal margins topic comes up most?
Managing coastal flooding, erosion and conflict (8.3.1): in 24% of papers, last seen May 26 P1. Usually "Examine", worth about 10.8 marks in a paper that includes it.
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