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

Figure 5. Map of the tide range variable for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast. The tide ranges are less than 1.0 m over the open-ocean coast, thus, the entire coast has a very high risk ranking.


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Figure 5. Map of the tide range variable for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast.
Figure 5. Map of the tide range variable for the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast.


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