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Various shrubs grow at the foot of the cliffs and on the coastal flats, sometimes in dense thickets. These include the endemic Pandanus christmatensis and Abutilon listeri , as well as certain shrubs and trees whose buoyant seeds are dispersed across the sea such as Scaevola taccada , Cordia subcordata , Morinda citrifolia , Hibiscus tiliaceus ...
Only about 26% of their original extent remaining, Coastal Swamp Oak Forests generally occur on light or alluvial soil on coastal flats, floodplains, drainage lines, lake margins, wetlands and estuarine fringes where soils are at least at times saturated, marshy or overflowed. Some may occur on coastal dune swales or flats. [1]
Fairfax County: 059: Fairfax: 1742: From Prince William County: Thomas Fairfax, 6th Lord Fairfax of Cameron, the only British noble resident in Virginia 1,141,878: 396 sq mi (1,026 km 2) Fauquier County: 061: Warrenton: 1759: From Prince William County: Francis Fauquier, colonial lieutenant governor of Virginia 75,165: 650 sq mi (1,683 km 2 ...
The restaurant. Benny’s Coastal Kitchen takes up the entirety of the bottom floor of the building, open-concept style, under a soaring ceiling. A bar with high-top tables is on one side, and the ...
Coastal plains can form in one of two ways; some begin as a continental shelf, a flat piece of land located below sea level, and are created when the ocean level falls, exposing the land. Others develop when river currents carry sediment into the ocean, which is deposited and builds up over time until it forms a coastal plain.
A sabkha (Arabic: سبخة) is a predominately coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat in which evaporite-saline minerals accumulate as the result of semiarid to arid climate. Sabkhas are gradational between land and intertidal zone within restricted coastal plains just above normal high-tide level. Within a sabkha, evaporite-saline minerals ...
Mount Vernon is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. The population was 12,914 at the 2020 census. [ 1 ] Primarily due to its historical significance and natural recreation and beauty, the Mount Vernon area receives over one million tourists each year.
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