Ground-Water Supply of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational Area (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Ground-Water Supply of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Recreational AreaThis report, prepared under the general supervision of A. N. Sayre, Chief, Ground Water Branch, presents an evaluation of the available data and suggestions for a permanent ground-water supply on Bodie Island (fig. The report covers the first phase of a continuing ground-water investigation by the National Park Service in the Cape Hatteras area.The Park facilities extend along some 77 miles of barrier beach, termed the outer banks, that forms the easternmost edge of North Carolina adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean. The narrow strip of beach is composed of three islands Bodie, Hatteras, and Ocracoke and the park facilities occupy a part of each island. Average precipitation ranges from 45 inches at Manteo to inches at Hatteras (fig. Being greatest between July and October. In the area of investigation constantly shifting sand dunes as much as 30 feet high border the ocean side of the area, whereas low, swampy marshes generally border Pamlico Sound. Between the dunes and the marshes are low, relatively smooth sand flats.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.