Local features – concavity of coastlines, bays, rivers, headlands, or islands: Storm surge will be higher when a hurricane makes landfall on a concave coastline (curved inward, such as Appalachee Bay in Florida) as opposed to a convex coastline (curved outward, such as the Outer Banks of North Carolina).
Local features – concavity of coastlines, bays, rivers, headlands, or islands: Storm surge will be higher when a hurricane makes landfall on a concave coastline (curved inward, such as Appalachee Bay in Florida) as opposed to a convex coastline (curved outward, such as the Outer Banks of North Carolina).
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