Subject: Re: virgin country<br/>
Date: Jul 28, 2001 @ 21:51<br/>
Author: Grant Hutchison (&quot;Grant Hutchison&quot; &lt;granthutchison@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1499082529">Michael:<br/>
<blockquote><span title="ireply"> &gt; whats the difference if any between a low tide elevation & a drying <br/>
 </span></blockquote>reef<br/>
According to Prescott a drying reef is a reef exposed at low tide, <br/>
and a low-tide elevation is a &quot;feature&quot; exposed a low tide. The OED <br/>
definition of a reef requires it to be a ridge or chain of rock or <br/>
coral. So from that I&#39;d say that all drying reefs are low-tide <br/>
elevations, but not all low-tide elevations are reefs. Single rocks, <br/>
for instance, could not reasonably be called reefs, nor could a <br/>
sandbank.<br/>
<br/>
Grant</div>