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Praia do Cassino (Portuguese for Casino Beach) is the world's longest sea beach [1] and is located in the southernmost of the Brazilian coast (), on the South Atlantic Ocean, in the Rio Grande do Sul state.
The World Ocean. For example, the Law of the Sea states that all of the World Ocean is "sea", [8] [9] [10] [b] and this is also common usage for "the sea". Any large body of water with "Sea" in the name, including lakes. River – a narrow strip of water that flows over land from a higher elevation to a lower one
Contender for the longest uninterrupted sandy seashore in the world (disputed; see coastline paradox) 230 kilometres (140 mi) [5] [6] Cox's Bazar Beach: Bangladesh: Asia: Longest natural sea beach in the world: 120 kilometres (75 mi) [7] Padre Island National Seashore: United States: North America: Longest undeveloped barrier island in the world
It is dubbed as the longest natural sea beach in the world and it is a whopping 75 miles. It is located in Bangladesh. 2. Ninety Mile Beach (AUS) ©Katarzyna Klimasz/Shutterstock.com.
Inani Beach (Bengali: ইনানী সৈকত) is an 18-kilometre-long (11 mi) sea beach in Ukhia Upazila of Cox's Bazar District, Bangladesh. [16] [17] It has a lot of coral stones, which are very sharp. These coral stones look black and green, and they are found in summer or rainy seasons. [18] Patuartek Beach is situated nearby. [19]
The Caspian Sea is the world's largest inland body of water, described as the world's largest lake and usually referred to as a full-fledged sea. [2] [3] [4] An endorheic basin, it lies between Europe and Asia: east of the Caucasus, west of the broad steppe of Central Asia, south of the fertile plains of Southern Russia in Eastern Europe, and north of the mountainous Iranian Plateau.
Cox's Bazar Beach, one of the most popular tourist attractions in Bangladesh, is the longest uninterrupted naturally occurring sea beach in the world. [1] [2] Located 150 km (93 mi) south of the city of Chittagong, Cox's Bazar is also known by the name Panowa, which translates literally as "yellow flower." An old name was "Palongkee". [3] [4]
Data marked The World Factbook or TWF covers 198 countries and 55 territories, from the book published by the Central Intelligence Agency. In addition to coastline lengths, this is the source of the land area used to calculate the "coast/area ratio" for both TWF and WRI (see below) coastline measurement.