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Coastal Hazards
Coastal Hazards
Coastal Hazards
Coast, Ocean, and Marine
Coastal hazards may be catastrophic such as earthquakes or tsunamis, or chronic, such as coastal erosion, landslides, windthrow and flooding.
Articles & Stories
Coastal erosion is a natural process that continually affects the Oregon coast. Erosion becomes a...
Photo credit: Randy Baumhover, Shore Acres State Park, Oregon (2014)The term “biophysical”...
Floods
Floods are a common hazard in Oregon. The damaging effects of a flood can be local or...
When faced with the question of how climate change will affect Oregon wetlands, the current answer...
Photo Credit: Tiffany Woods, Oregon Sea Grant (2016)
Coastlines are beautiful and appealing places...
Maps and Tools
Simple place-based mapping and charting of floodplains, demographics, habitat, land use, and more.
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