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A golf course with a sand trap is situated adjacent to a hardened shoreline at Ocean Pines.
Golf course adjacent to hardened shoreline
Talbot County, Maryland
Choptank River
Horn Point Laboratory, Cambridge, Maryland
Lakes cove
The town of Landshut
Landshut on the River Isar
The town of Landshut
Landshut on the River Isar
Illustration of a modified shoreline.
Coastline 3D: modified shoreline
Illustration of a coastline with a natural, unmodified shoreline.
Coastline 3D: natural shoreline
Trash on a Staten Island beach
Beach wrack
The shoreline of the Columbia river esuary in between Oregon and Washington. This also serves as an example of a hard shoreline, which provides little habitat and benefit for wildlife.
Shoreline of the Columbia River
Parks flank the banks of the Charles River, which is dammed
Charles River shoreline
Grassy, rocky shoreline
Marshy coast
This is an example of a hardended shoreline with residential development very close to the water. As an example, this type of development is often on septic systems which can leach and input nutrients into the nearby waters.
Hardened shoreline associated with development
Aerial view of tidal marsh, creek, forest and farmlands of Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
winter flyover
Conceptual Diagram illustrating the components that contribute toward creating natural erosion of a shore, and further marsh creation including how sills and vents should be constructed.
Guidelines for natural shore erosion and marsh…
Conceptual diagram illustrating how land subsidence is a major factor contributing to relative sea-level rise.
Land subsidence & sea-level rise
Conceptual diagram illustrating the sources of pollution and the effective practices in managing them.
Managing pollution
Illustration of coastal seagrass habitat
Seagrass habitat: coastal
A boathouse on a local, private dock.
Boathouse
Conceptual diagram illustrating the process in which wetlands migrate during sea-level rise.
Protecting wetland migration corridors
Conceptual diagram illustrating the specifics in vulnerability in a coastal ecosystem, more specifically, the Chesapeake Bay.
Vulnerability to sea-level rise
An example of a hard shoreline. Found in Maryland's Coastal Bays, this area contains riprap, of which provides little habitat for species, and can result in erosion and scouring.
Hard Shoreline
Farm on the edge of northern Chesapeake Bay, with little vegetation buffer and riprap shoreline
Farm Chesapeake Bay
 A bank on the Choptank River in Maryland. This shoreline contains shrubbery and trees which provide good habitat for species, and help slow erosion.
Choptank Riverbank
Chestertown on the Chester River
Chestertown
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