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OCR: Coastal Features Patchy occurrence of red . mongroves south of this line Littoral current with a single dominant drift direction Dense growth of red . mangroves south Littoral currents occurring on a smaller scale with variable of this line drift direction Segment of shoreline with well-developed beach ridge plains formed during the last 5000 years Older visible higher sea level shoreline, 1.5m above present sea level, formed 5000 to 6000 years ago Important rocky shorelines Major offshore shoals Important coastal dune fields Scattered small reefs and patches of vermerid gastropods Scattered exposures of sabellariid worm reefs in the intertidal Highest point (om) and slope zone direction of platform cut 599 200 to 600,000 years Common exposures of sabellariid worm reefs ,ago by wave action Living coral reef Wave Height and Energy Wave Height (m) 0-0.04 0.04-0.10 0.10-0.50 0,50 Wave Energy Class Zero Low Moderate High Wave Energy Density (Joules/ m2) 0-1.96 1.96-12.25 12.25-306.25 306.25