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

Figure 6.  Map of the geomorphology variable for southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon. The open-ocean shoreline is composed predominantly of high-risk sandy pocket beaches interspersed with low-risk rocky headlands; to the north of Tillamook Head there is a long stretch of very high-risk sandy beach.



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Figure 6. Map of the geomorphology variable for southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon
Figure 6. Map of the geomorphology variable for southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon
Figure 6. Map of the geomorphology variable for southwestern Washington and northwestern Oregon




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Introduction Risk
Variables		 Data
Ranking		 C.V.I. Results Discussion Summary References
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