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Plate 14.— Classification: SYSTEM Estuarine, subsystem Intertidal, class Unconsolidated Shore, SUBCLASS Mud, water regime 

 Regularly Flooded, water chemistry Mixohaline. Turnagain Arm, a large bay off Cook Inlet, is 4-7 km (2.5-4 mi) wide at this 

 location. Mean tidal range is 9.2 m (30 ft), and the entire area shown here is dewatered at low tide. (Municipality of Anchorage, 

 Alaska; June 1985; Photo by F. C. Golet) 



