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

Figure 8.   Map of the coastal slope of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast. The slope is the least, <0.02%, in the region of the Mississippi delta. The slope is the highest (>.0435 %) south of Corpus Christi, along the western panhandle of Florida, and in the greater Tampa - St.Petersburg region.


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Figure 8. Map of the coastal slope of the U.S. Gulf of Mexico coast.
Figure 8. Map of the coastal slope of 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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