The physical geography of New York state . Filn>\viiiLr the liaring the old sea cliff, from which tin- picture was taki-n. oi sented by the Sandy Hook and Fire Island bars forms the•iHir l(t)«l, in contradistinction to the oh/ Imnl, of \\hidi ilieNavesink Highlands may l>e taken as a type. Through th--action of the waves and winds, in a manner similar to tlmtwhich lias been briefly sketched here, a va-t anioiml of newland has been built, in the form of off-shore bar-, from \,.\vYork City southward to the bio (irande. There are, besides these that have been mentioned, nu-merous other form
The physical geography of New York state . Filn>\viiiLr the liaring the old sea cliff, from which tin- picture was taki-n. oi sented by the Sandy Hook and Fire Island bars forms the•iHir l(t)«l, in contradistinction to the oh/ Imnl, of \\hidi ilieNavesink Highlands may l>e taken as a type. Through th--action of the waves and winds, in a manner similar to tlmtwhich lias been briefly sketched here, a va-t anioiml of newland has been built, in the form of off-shore bar-, from \,.\vYork City southward to the bio (irande. There are, besides these that have been mentioned, nu-merous other forms as>mned by bars. In some places, forinstance, a xjiif i^iows directly out from the land \\heiv. ata turn in the lake, the opposing winds drive fragments lie-fore them, and, in the conflict of foives, build the bar oiit- | Tarr, Ainer. Qeol., XXII, lyis, 1-112. .s- .A .\-1> r // O \V ••••• N. ii &2L FIG. 178. The bar of Sandy Book stretching from the cliffs south of LongBranch past the bays of the drowned coast and in front of the sea cliffsof Navesink Highlands. (322) Tin Li a is
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