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inexperienced interpreter. If he can locate himself on the proposed coastal map of the world 

 and can relate his picture to our tables and illustrations, he can set up a pattern of more or 

 less predictable events that he will encounter, such as the following, which are typical of this 

 particular region: offshore kelp, rocks, narrow beach, small intermittent streams, rock rather 

 than soil, sparse vegetation, and vegetation whose distribution is controlled to a marked degree 

 by the kind of rock. The terrain in the foreground is underlain by shale, a rock that is relatively 



Figures. Alluvial plain margin, dry region. Coastal swamp 

 and lagoon near Point Mugu, Southern California. (Fair- 

 child Aerial Surveys, Inc.) 



Figure 6. Coastal dunes, dry region. Coastal dunes near 

 Casmalia, California. (Spence Air Photo) 



