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Appendix Table l.— Topographic breakdown of Los Angeles Bight by four 

 classes of bottom configuration (zone) and distribution of design and actual sam- 

 pling effort. 



Zone and name 



Area 



(nautical 



mlle^) 



Total 

 area 



(%) 



Sampling effort 



Design 

 (%) 



Actual 

 (%) 



Banks: 

 Thirtymile Bank 

 Fortymile Bank 

 Tanner Bank 

 Osborn Bank 

 San Clemente Bank 

 San Nicolas Bank 

 Santa Rosa N. Bank 

 Santa Rosa S. Bank 

 Coronado Bank 

 Santa Barbara Bank 

 Santa Cruz Bank 

 Lasuen Seamount 



Total 



Basins: 

 San Clemente Basin 

 Catalina Basin 

 San Nicolas Basin 

 San Diego Trough 

 San Pedro Basin 

 Santa Monica Basin 

 Santa Cruz Basin 

 Santa Barbara Basin 



Total 



Escarpments and canyons: 

 Coronado Escarpment and Canyon 

 Catalina Escarpment 

 San Clemente Escarpment 

 San Diego Escarpment 

 San Pedro Escarpment and Redondo Canyon 

 San Nicolas Escarpment 

 Santa Cruz Escarpment and Canyon 

 Santa Monica Escarpment 

 Santa Barbara Escarpment 

 Cortez Escarpment 



Total 



Slopes 



44.8 

 39.6 

 50.2 

 13.4 

 37.3 

 125.4 

 17.7 

 34.0 

 19.1 

 72.7 

 79.3 

 13.2 



467.3 



4.8 



14.4 



9.4 



25.9 



27.4 



34.4 



4.1 

 65.2 



24.1 

 34.1 



23.7 

 32.5 



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