C R P 293 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Stormwater, Sea Level Rise, Combined Sewer
10 Nov 2016
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Coastal zone consists of lands withing 50 miles of seacoasts and the great lakes. (17% of. Some define coastal using watershed (area that drains into coastal waterways 13% of lans) States own and control the ocean resources in the first three miles from shore. Federal government owns and manages the remaining territorial water fjor up the 12 miles offshore. (u. s. dept interior. Un law u. s. and other nations cal manage ocean resources for up to 200 miles offshore. (exclusive economic zone. ) U. s. coastate areas have; rich diverse land and water resources, bays, estuaries, marshes, lagoons, and ocen or great lakes waters stretching from the high-water mark to three miles offshore. Our shorelines include such varied ecosystems as the coral reefs and mangrove swamps of. Florida nad the bluffs, and coastal plains along the great lakes and well as dunes, mudflats, tidal wetlands, forests, farmaland, and built-up cities and towns.
