coastline
IPA: kˈoʊstɫaɪn
noun
- The shape, outline, or boundary of a coast. (The term coastline is generally used to describe the approximate boundaries at relatively large spatial scales.)
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Examples of "coastline" in Sentences
- Most of the farmland was along the coastline.
- The coastline circumscribed by the two points is about.
- The city of Mersin is roughly at the center of the coastline.
- The inhospitable coastline prevented an invasion from the sea.
- It is situated on one of the stretched coastlines of the City.
- Surveying efforts of the California coastline began in earnest in.
- Gradually, the settlements grew to dominate the majority of the coastline.
- The coastline is often dropping steeply into the sea with photogenic views.
- Essentially the smaller the measuring instrument, the longer the coastline.
- As the scale of examination decreases, the length of the coastline increases.
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