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A
East West

Saltmarsh Saltmarsh
mud
Ocean

Sand

A
St. Catherines
Island C
B
East West
B

Saltmarsh
mud
Ocean Saltmarsh

Sand

C
East West

N
Ocean

0 1 km
Sand

Saltmarsh

Sand Salt marsh Salt marsh mud

FIGURE 15.5 St. Catherines Island, Georgia. Notice the distribution of sand, salt marsh (living), and salt marsh mud, plus the points
where the three photographs were taken. A. View south–southeast from point A on map, at low tide. Dark-brown “ribbon” adjacent to ocean is

salt marsh mud. Light-colored area is sand. B. View south from point B on map at low tide. C. View southeast from point C (Aaron’s Hill) on map.

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