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Table of Contents

Cover/Acknowledgements/Committees

Preface

Introduction

Causes of Flooding

Causes of Erosion

Flooding Impacts

Erosion Impacts

Mitigation Options

Government Efforts to Address Flooding and Erosion

Recommendations

Bibliography

Figures and Tables

Figure 1 - December 1992 flooding in Great South Bay.

Figure 2 - Development along Great South Bay in hazard prone location.

Figure 3 - Tidal range within the South Shore estuary.

Figure 4 - Example of a Breach. Westhampton Dunes, 1993.

Figure 5 - Typical estuarine beach.

Figure 6 - Typical wetland shoreline.

Figure 7 - FEMA flood zones.

Figure 8 - Example of flotsam collected along Moriches Bay shoreline after a coastal storm.

Table 1 - Tidal range information for the South Shore estuary.

Table 2 - Distribution of lands within the floodplains of the South Shore Estuary Reserve.