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Vallejo
San Pablo
Bay
San
Rafael
Martinez
Pittsburg
Richmond
Oakland
San
Francisco
San Francisco
Bay
Pacific
Ocean
Fremont
San Jose
Area vulnerable to an approximate
16-inch sea level rise
0
2
4
8 miles
Area vulnerable to an approximate
55-inch sea level rise
No data
N
Map 19. Shoreline areas vulnerable to sea level rise in the San Francisco Bay
Area. USGS scientists project a local sea level rise, based on global models, of be-
tween 16 inches (dark blue) and 55 inches (turquoise) by 2100. (Noah Knowles,
USGS & S.F. Bay Conservation and Development Commission)
