REACH 7 



ACCRETING (15. 



ERODING (22.7%) 



STABLE (61. 6%) 



Figure 50. Summary of shoreline movement 

 for coastal reach 7, 1857-1983 



the Cape Fear River and north of Cape Fear to New Inlet is strongly erosional 

 (61.0 percent). This small segment of coastline equals reaches 1 and 5 in 

 spatial distribution of erosion. Very little of the coast around Cape Fear 

 can be considered stable (12.3 percent) or accretional (26.7 percent) over the 

 long term. 



111. In general, the segment of North Carolina coast west of Cape Fear 

 is very similar to the arcuate strand geomorphic zone in terms of its shore- 

 line change. More numerous inlets in comparison to the arcuate strand intro- 

 duce greater variability in spatial distribution of peaks in average movement, 

 maximum net movement, and standard deviation. Likewise, greater temporal 

 variation is evident by larger magnitude changes, especially at inlets. The 

 segment east and north of the Cape Fear River (Map 32) is highly erosive spa- 

 tially, similar to reaches 1 and 5. 



Entire study area 



112. The barrier island geomorphic zone is composed of reaches 1, 2, 

 and 3. Within this zone, spatial distribution of erosion appears to increase 

 southward (reach 3 = 30.1-percent erosion, reach 1 = 54.9-percent erosion) 



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