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Shore Type: Organic Shorelines, Marshes, and Estuaries (BC Class 31) Southeast Alaska
Estuary
with forms of high marsh (“Mh”),
low continuous marsh (“Mlc”), river with multiple channels (“Rm”), and tidal flats with multiple bars and channels (“Ttbs”) |
Estuary with forms of high marsh (“Mh”), low continuous marsh (“Mlc”), river with multiple channels (“Rm”), and tidal flats with multiple bars and channels (“Ttbs”) |
St. James Bay, Lynn Canal (Unit 10/04/2105) | North Passage, between Icy Strait and Sitakaday Narrows (Unit 10/03/4845) |
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Shore Type: Organic Shorelines, Marshes, and Estuaries (BC Class 31) Southeast Alaska
Unit with
mapped Forms of high (supratidal) marsh (“Mh”),
low, discontinuous marsh (“Ml”), and delta flat (“Df”) comprised of boulders and cobbles and overlying pebbles and sand (Material “Cbc/Cps”). This unit is BC class 31 owing to the obvious encroachment of organics into the intertidal zone. |
Unit mapped with Forms for brackish, supratidal, and mid to low marsh (“Msl”), tidal flat with channels, pools, and bars (“Ttcpb”), a delta fan (“Df”), and multiple river channels (“Rm”), classified as a BC class 31 owing to the estuarine environment. |
Duke Island, SE Alaska (Unit 12/04/5367) | Mary Island, SE Alaska (Unit 12/07/3288) |
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Shore Type: Organic Shorelines, Marshes, and Estuaries (BC Class 31, continued) Kodiak Archipelago
A high
marsh with ponds and a drowned forest (Form
“Mhof”) is mapped in this unit, along with a delta fan with multiple channels (“Dfm”) and a river with multiple channels (“Rm”). |
A high marsh (Form “Mh”) and tidal flat (“Tt”) are features of this estuary, classified as an organic shoreline (BC Class 31). |
Zachar Bay (Unit 06/03/5300) | Ayakulik Island (Unit 05/01/0075) |
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