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Wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Marshall Islands

By Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center 2017 (approx.)
Photo shows results of wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands
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Photo shows results of wave-driven flooding and overwash on Roi-Namur Atoll, Republic of the Marshall Islands.

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