APPLICATIONS+INVESTIGATIONS IN EARTH
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Author: Tarbuck
Publisher: Hayden-McNeil Publishing
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Chapter 12.5B, Problem 4A
Follow Limantour Spit from its western tip at the mouth of Drakes Estero eastward to where it joins the mainland. Use an arrow to mark the direction of the longshore current that produced Limantour Spit.
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