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(KNO) Knott

(KNO) Knott

Location: Chester River, Kent County, Maryland

Site Parameters

  • Land Use: Agriculture
  • Coast Type: Headland
  • Date Installed: April 1990
  • Type: Headland Breakwaters
  • Number of Breakwaters: 3
  • Number of Bays: 4
  • Shore Direction of Face: South
  • Shore type: Low Bank
  • Average Shore Height (feet): 10
  • Average Fetch (miles): 3.5
  • Distance to 6 ft. Contour (feet): 700

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