Birch Bay

Apple Maps

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Birch Bay is a headland bay created by the refraction of incoming waves on the headlands that lie on either side of the bay.

curvilinear shape

The curvilinear shape of Birch Bay’s shoreline resembles similar shorelines around the world that are shaped by the refraction or bending of waves to the lee of a nearby headland

down the Pacific Northwest coast

Birch Bay State Park

hazards map

Mount Baker, WA simplified hazards map (usgs.gov)

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Whatcom County Shorelines (figure 1)

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OpenStreetMap

https://www.openstreetmap.org/relation/13321056

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Birch Bay on a November day

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Palouse River (Wikipedia) The Palouse River is a tributary of the Snake River in Washington and Idaho, in the northwest United States. It flows for 167 miles (269 km) southwestwards, primarily through the Palouse region of southeastern Washington. It is part of the Columbia River Basin, as the Snake River is a tributary of the Columbia River.

sediment transport

Northwesterly waves travel down Georgia Strait and are refracted around Birch Point into Birch Bay. Waves sweep counter-clockwise around Birch Bay transporting beach sediment in the same direction.

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Blaine, Washington

wave refraction

$Wave refraction and sediment transport at Birch Bay (figure 5)$ Wave refraction and sediment transport at Birch Bay (figure 5)

Wikidata

https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q49373838

Wikipedia

Birch Bay, Washington (Wikipedia) Birch Bay is a protected bay of the east shore of the Salish Sea, between Semiahmoo Bay and Lummi Bay; approximately 100 miles (160 km) north of Seattle and 35 miles (56 km) south of Vancouver, BC, Canada.