Field, laboratory, and library manual in physical geography . Fig. 36. Sand Reefs off the Coast of Texas 152 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY MANUAL Provincetown ? Do you think good harbors could be made onthe east side of Cape Cod peninsula? Give reason for youranswer. EXERCISE LXI DROWNED AND ELEVATED COASTS Refer to the Boothbay (Maine) sheet. (See topographic mapof the United States Geological Survey.) This sheet representsa drowned coast. What does this mean ? Describe the shape ofthe inlets and the projecting lands. Measure the length of thecoast in a straight line from Griffith Head to Pemaquid Point
Field, laboratory, and library manual in physical geography . Fig. 36. Sand Reefs off the Coast of Texas 152 PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY MANUAL Provincetown ? Do you think good harbors could be made onthe east side of Cape Cod peninsula? Give reason for youranswer. EXERCISE LXI DROWNED AND ELEVATED COASTS Refer to the Boothbay (Maine) sheet. (See topographic mapof the United States Geological Survey.) This sheet representsa drowned coast. What does this mean ? Describe the shape ofthe inlets and the projecting lands. Measure the length of thecoast in a straight line from Griffith Head to Pemaquid Fig. 37. Terraces cut by the Sea at Point San Pedro, California,showing a Rising Coast Estimate the length of coast line between these two points, pass-ing around the bays but not entering the broad rivers. Char-acterize this coast line as straight or crooked. What land formswould result if Linekin neck should sink 100 feet? Are islandscommon on drowned coasts? What is the shape of the islandsrepresented on this map? of the hills? Is there a general trendof the land forms? If so, in what direction? How is thisaccounted for? (See p. 4 of Folio 1.)
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