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  2. Coastal erosion - Wikipedia

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    The coastline of North Cove, Washington has been eroding at a rate of over 100 feet per year, earning the area the nickname "Washaway Beach". Much of the original town has collapsed into the ocean. The area is said to be the fastest-eroding shore of the United States' West Coast.

  3. Coast - Wikipedia

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    A coast – also called the coastline, shoreline, or seashore – is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape, as well as by water induced erosion , such as waves .

  4. List of countries by length of coastline - Wikipedia

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    The coastline paradox states that a coastline does not have a well-defined length. Measurements of the length of a coastline behave like a fractal, being different at different scale intervals (distance between points on the coastline at which measurements are taken). The smaller the scale interval (meaning the more detailed the measurement ...

  5. Coast (disambiguation) - Wikipedia

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    Coast, Coastal, or Coastline may also refer to: Places. Coast (PAT station), a station on the Port Authority of Allegheny County's light rail network;

  6. Coastal geography - Wikipedia

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    Collapsed Ordovician limestone bank showing coastal erosion.NW Osmussaar, Estonia.. Coastal geography is the study of the constantly changing region between the ocean and the land, incorporating both the physical geography (i.e. coastal geomorphology, climatology and oceanography) and the human geography (sociology and history) of the coast.

  7. Glossary of nautical terms (A–L) - Wikipedia

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    2. An indentation in a coastline. bilander. Also billander or be ' landre. A small European merchant sailing ship with two masts, the mainmast lateen-rigged with a trapezoidal mainsail, and the foremast carrying the conventional square course and square topsail. Used in the Netherlands for coast and canal traffic and occasionally in the North ...

  8. Coastline - Wikipedia

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    This page was last edited on 13 March 2021, at 04:19 (UTC).; Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may ...

  9. Coastal management - Wikipedia

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    Coastal zones occupy less than 15% of the Earth's land area, while they host more than 40% of the world population. Nearly 1.2 billion people live within 100 kilometres (62 mi) of a coastline and 100 metres (328 ft) of sea level, with an average density three times higher than the global average for population. [2]