Beaches are the smooth sloping accumulations of sand and gravel along shorelines. The surface is stable inland, but the shoreward part is subject to erosion by wind and water and to deposition in protected areas. Coastal dunes such as Nipomo Dunes were included in this category to distinguish them from desert sand dune systems.
DISTRIBUTION:
This type occurs throughout coastal California but was only mapped if the spatial extent was substantial.
Source: Modified by the California Gap Analysis Project from Anderson et al., 1976.