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National Assessment of Coastal Vulnerability to Sea-Level Rise: Preliminary Results for the U.S. Atlantic Coast:

Figure 5.   Map of the geomorphology variable for the New York to New Jersey region. The open-ocean shoreline is composed primarily of high-risk sandy barrier island, while risk due to geomorphology is lower for lagoons and along the bluffs of northern Long Island.


Figure 5. Map of the geomorphology variable for the New York to New Jersey region.
Figure 5. Map of the geomorphology variable for the New York to New Jersey region.
Figure 5. Map of the geomorphology variable for the New York to New Jersey region.


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