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(CLA) Claiborne

Location:: Eastern Bay, Talbot County, Maryland

Site Parameters
  • Coast Type: Embayed
  • Land Use: State Marsh
  • Date Installed: April 1988
  • Type: Headland Breakwaters
  • Number of Breakwaters: 4
  • Number of Bays: 4
  • Shore Direction of Face: Southwest
  • Shore Type: Marsh
  • Average Shore Height (feet): 3
  • Average Fetch (miles): 11.5
  • Distance to 6 ft Contour (feet): 1,100

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