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Noun
/ˈkōstˌlīn/,
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coastlines, plural;
  1. The outline of a coast, esp. with regard to its shape and appearance
    • - the hotel has wonderful views of the rugged coastline

  1. the outline of a coast
  2. The coast is defined as where the land meets the sea. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides. The term "coastal zone" can be used instead, which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs. ...
  3. Coastline is an online-only magazine edited by Michael J.S. Cox. Its purpose is to publish essays that reflect the wide range of interests, reading, and writing from current students and alumni of graduate liberal studies programs across North America. ...
  4. The Coastline is a film by Peter Greenaway, made in 1983. Also known as The Sea in Their Blood, and exhibited at National Maritime Museum, Greenwich UK, as Beside the Sea. ...
  5. Coastlines is an independent 2002 dramatic film written and directed by Victor Nunez.
  6. Technically, the line that forms the boundary between the coast and the shore; commonly, the line that forms the boundary between the land and the water, especially the water of a sea or ocean.
  7. the line of ordinary low water along that portion of the coast that is in direct contact with the open sea which marks the seaward limit of inland waters.
  8. The landward limit reached by the highest storm waves on the shore.*
  9. the name of the system of shared library catalogs in Coos County. Southwestern Oregon Community College shares its resources with the public libraries in Coos County, and all of the materials available at the various branches is listed in Coastline, which can be searched online. ...
  10. 25,148 km (continental); 83,281 km (including islands)
  11. 7,200 km (4,474 mi) Maritime claims: exclusive economic zone: in Black Sea only: to the maritime boundary agreed upon with the former USSR territorial sea: 6 nmi (11.1 km; 6.9 mi) in the Aegean Sea; 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi) in Black Sea and in Mediterranean Sea
  12. 9,330 kilometers (5,798 miles)