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(CHR) Christ

(CHR) Christ

Location:: Choptank River, Talbot County, Maryland

Site Parameters

  • Land Use: Agriculture
  • Coast Type: Straight
  • Date Installed: July 1988
  • Type: Headland Breakwaters
  • Number of Breakwaters: 3
  • Number of Bays: 2
  • Shore Direction of Face: Southeast
  • Shore Type: High Bank
  • Average Shore Height (feet): 45
  • Average Fetch (miles): 2.3
  • Distance to 6 ft Contour (feet): 240

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