Coastal Sentence Examples
The coastal districts average about 42 in.
The coastal zone is low, well-wooded and fertile.
After several failed attempts to communicate, they proceeded in silence to the nearest town, a coastal resort-like town.
Jessi froze, not completely connecting with the fact she stood in a place unlike the coastal southern California area.
The narrow coastal zone on the Pacific is only for m.
Adjacent to Grimsby on the east is the coastal watering-place of Cleethorpes.
Most of the crop is grown in the irrigated coastal valleys.
The second and marine type of the Jurassics occurs in Western Australia, on the coastal plain skirting the western foot of the western plateau.
This wealth of plant life is confined to the littoral and the coastal valleys, but the central valleys and the plateaux have, if not a varied flora, a considerable wealth of timber trees in every way superior to the flora inland in the same latitudes.
Although the timbers of commercial value are confined practically to the eastern and a portion of the western coastal belt and a few inland tracts of Australia, they constitute an important national asset.
AdvertisementIn contrast with the rivers of these regions those of the Coastal Plain are sluggish, and toward their mouths expand into wide estuaries.
Living in a narrow coastal strip, they were busy traders, with little else to sustain them.
The first of these comprises chiefly the mines of the Hunter river districts; the second includes the Illawarra district, and, generally, the coastal regions to the south of Sydney, together with Berrima, on the tableland; and the third consists of the mountainous regions on the Great Western railway and extends as far as Dubbo.
The Mahommedan religion occurs among the coastal population.
Through most of the Coastal Plain Region, which extends inland from 80 to i 50 m., the country continues very level or only slightly undulating, and rises to the westward at the rate of little more than 1 ft.
AdvertisementThe " Fall Line," the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Plateau, has a very irregular course across North Carolina, but lies in a general S.W.
But mixed with the oak and chestnut or higher up are considerable hickory, birch and maple; farther up the mountain sides are some hemlock and white pine; and on the swamp lands of the Coastal Plain are much cypress and some cedar, and on the Coastal Plain south of the Neuse there is much long-leaf pine from which resin is obtained.
The region between the lines of the two coastal systems is a much dissected plateau, imperfectly explored.
Marine deposits were laid down over the south of the state after a submergence of the region; an uplift afterwards made of these deposits a coastal plain.
The rather level surface of the " worn down mountains " of the north of the state and the coastal plain beds of the southern and western parts are now dissected by rivers, which make most of the state a rolling or hilly country, without strong relief.
AdvertisementAll forms of plankton are more abundant in the shallow coastal waters of relatively low salinity.
Corals would now grow luxuriantly in these shallow coastal waters of increasing temperature, forming reefs and extensive coral flats.
A peculiar feature of the hydrography of Tamaulipas is the series of coastal lagoons formed by the building of new beaches across the indentations of the coast.
The industries embrace granite quarries, wood-pulp factories, and factories for sugar, tobacco, curtains, travelling-bags, boots, &c. There are railway communications with Gothenburg and all parts of Sweden and regular coastal and steamer services.
The coastal plain consists in great part of sandy beaches, detritus formations, and partially submerged areas caused by uplifted beaches and obstructed river channels.
AdvertisementParts of this coastal plain, however, have an elevation of 100 to 200 ft., are rolling and fertile in character, and terminate on the coast in a line of bluffs.
In Rio Grande do Sul, where two large lakes have been created by uplifted sand beaches, the coastal plain widens greatly, and is merged in an extensive open, rolling grassy plain, traversed by ridges of low hills (cuchillas), similar to the neighbouring republic of Uruguay.
There remains only the elevated valley of the Parahyba do Sul, lying between the so-called Serra das Vertentes of southern Minas Geraes and the Serra do Mar, and extending from the Serra da Bocaina, near the city of Sao Paulo, eastward to Cape Frio and the coastal plain north of that point.
Little is known of the country through which it flows, and its channel is broken by rapids and waterfalls where it descends to the coastal plain.
The former reach the coastal plain over long and gradual descents, and are navigable for considerable distances.
From the Sao Francisco to Cape Frio there are many short rivers rising on the slopes of the plateau and crossing the narrow coastal plain to the sea.
The navigable channels of these rivers are restricted to the coastal plain, except where a river has excavated for itself a valley back into the plateau.
South of Cape Frio there are no large rivers along the coast because of the proximity of the Serra do Mar - the coastal plain being very narrow and in places disappearing altogether.
In Rio Grande do Sul the Atlantic coastal plain extends westward more than half-way across the state, and is well watered by numerous streams flowing eastward to the Lagoa dos Patos.
The coastal plain is also intersected by lagoons, lakes and inland channels formed by uplifted beaches.
The coastal plain as far south as Santos is a region of high temperatures and great humidity.
The prevailing winds are the south-east trades, which have lost some of their moisture in rising from the coastal plain.
Effects of the cessation of colliery spoil dumping on coastal processes.
The official sponsor of this meeting is the International Geographical Union's Commission on Coastal Systems.
During the holiday, travel between locations is by coastal steamer, through mostly sheltered coastal waters.
From this superb location the property benefits from glorious country and coastal views that can be enjoyed from the large sunroom.
A remarkable land of coastal swamps, highland river valleys, even a glacier high in the central mountains.
The coastal plain is made up of mangrove swamps.
This time she's working in Georgia's steaming coastal swampland.
The immediate surrounding area included terrestrial, freshwater and coastal habitats.
Whilst likely to be of considerable interest to offshore boaters and coastal interests, there are also likely to implications for inland tidal waters.
The restaurant has a very bold contemporary design, and the food consists of the chef's creative, yet not untraditional, takes on many common continental and coastal menu items.
Various " scrubs " characterize the interior, differing very widely from the coastal scrubs.
The Coastal Plain Region is the only part of the state that has any lakes, and these are chiefly shallow bodies of water, with sandy bottoms, in the midst of swamps.
In the swamps are the bald cypress, the white cedar and the live oak, usually draped in southern long moss; south of Cape Fear river are palmettos, magnolias, prickly ash, the American olive and mock orange; along streams in the Coastal Plain Region are the sour gum, the sweet bay and several species of oak; but the tree that is most predominant throughout the upland portion of this region is the long-leaf or southern pine.
On the Coastal Plain the soil is generally sandy, but in nearly all parts of this region more or less marl abounds; south of the Neuse river the soil is mostly a loose sand, north of it there is more loam on the uplands, and in the lowlands the soil is usually compact with clay, silt or peat; toward the western border of the region the sand becomes coarser and some gravel is mixed with it.
Between Parahyba and southern Bahia forests and open plains are intermingled; thence southward the narrow coastal plain and bordering mountain slopes are heavily forested.
The coastal zone and lower slopes of all the mountains, including the lower Orinoco region and the Maracaibo basin, are clothed with a typical tropical vegetation.
In 1895 the quantity of rice exported in the foreign and coastal trade amounted to 1,419,173 tons valued at Rs.9,77, 66, 1 3 2, and in 1905 the figures were 2,187,764 tons, value Rs.
Peletan classes all these limestones as Triassic. Triassic beds of the Pacific coastal type occur in a band along the south-western coast.
Throughout its length it consists of three zones, a narrow coastal strip, rarely western Arabia.
There are signs that this coastal strip was until a geologically recent period below sea-level; and that the coast-line is still receding is evidenced by the history of the town of Muza, once a flourishing port, now 20 m.
The narrow coastal strip seems to be moderately fertile, and the hills which in places come down to the seashore are covered with trees, among which the frankincense and other gumbearing trees are found.
The Maritime Cordillera of Peru has no connexion with the coast ranges of Chile, but is a continuation of the Cordillera Occidental of Chile, which under various local names forms the eastern margin of the coastal desert belt from Atacama northward into Peru.
Under the administration (1868-1872) of President Jose Balta the construction of two transandean and several coastal zone railways was begun, but their completion became impossible for want of funds.
Near Mora in Catalonia it forces a way through the coastal mountains, and, passing Tortosa, falls into the Mediterranean about 80 m.
Delaware lies on the Atlantic coastal plain, and is for the most part level and relatively low, its average elevation above the sea being about so ft.
For this reason the up-welling coastal water is coldest close to the shore, and hence it only appears on the Somali coast during the south-west monsoon.
Most of the large Texas rivers have deposited great quantities of silt along their lower courses on the Coastal Plain, where the current is often sluggish and the banks are periodically overflowed.
Texas has no large lakes; but freshwater lakes, which are fed either by streams or springs, are common on the Coastal Plain; the best known of them are Grand Lake in Colorado county, Clear Lake in Harris county, and Caddo Lake on the Louisiana border.
On the Llano Estacado there are both freshwater and salt lakes, and there are a few salt lakes in the Trans-Pecos Province and near the mouth of the Rio Grande on the Coastal Plain.
The arboreal flora of Louisiana and Arkansas extends into north-eastern Texas, conformable with the Coastal Plain, where, immediately south of the Colorado river, the great pine belt of the Atlantic and Gulf coasts terminates.
The long-leaf pine is the dominant forest tree on the uplands of the Coastal Plain, north of the Colorado river, for 100 m.
Grasses representing several species also cover most of the Great Plains, the uplands in the southern portion of the Coastal Plain, and the treeless portions of the Prairie Plains and the Trans-Pecos region.
The Coastal Plain has for the most part a light sandy soil, but there is a fertile alluvium in the river bottoms and good clay soils on some of the uplands.
It appears to consist in the main of a continuation of an axis of old schists and slates, with granite intrusions, and flanked by coastal plains with Cretaceous or Jurassic, and Miocene beds, with Pleistocene sands and reefs and volcanic rocks.
Greek elements of the population were deported in tens of thousands from coastal regions where they had become unduly numerous, and taken into the interior; and many were killed.
The Dardanelles, Bosporus, the Sea of Marmora, and the adjoining coastal areas, both in Europe and Asia, were demilitarized, and, to the extent necessary to ensure the freedom of the Straits, were placed under the control of an International Commission.
The pleasant climate has certain drawbacks; the coastal farmer finds that blights and insect pests thrive in the comparative absence of hard frosts.
Havant lies in a flat coastal district, near the head of Langstone Harbour, a wide shallow inlet of the English Channel.
This is mainly due to the construction of the railway which runs from a point on the mainland opposite to Penang, through the Federated Malay States of Perak, Selangor and the Negri Sembilan to Malacca, and has diverted to other ports and eventually to Singapore much of the coastal traffic which formerly visited Penang.
The Appalachian belt includes, with the ranges enumerated above, the plateaus sloping southward to the Atlantic Ocean in New England, and south-eastward to the border of the coastal plain through the central and southern Atlantic states; and on the north-west, the Allegheny and Cumberland plateaus declining toward the Great Lakes and the interior plains.
The main watershed follows a tortuous course which crosses the mountainous belt just north of New river in Virginia; south of this the rivers head in the Blue Ridge, cross the higher Unakas, receive important tributaries from the Great Valley, and traversing the Cumberland Plateau in spreading gorges, escape by way of the Cumberland and Tennessee rivers to the Ohio and Mississippi, and thus to the Gulf of Mexico; in the central section the rivers, rising in or beyond the Valley Ridges, flow through great gorges (water gaps) to the Great Valley, and by southeasterly courses across the Blue Ridge to tidal estuaries penetrating the coastal plain; in the northern section the water-parting lies on the inland side of the mountainous belt, the main lines of drainage running from north to south.
For a century the Appalachians were a barrier to the westward expansion of the English colonies; the continuity of the system, the bewildering multiplicity of its succeeding ridges, the tortuous courses and roughness of its transverse passes, a heavy forest and dense undergrowth all conspired to hold the settlers on the seaward-sloping plateaus and coastal plains.
The deep-sea and coastal fisheries are important.
The eastern and larger part of the state belongs to the coastal plain, in great part low and swampy, with large areas of sand barrens, and broken by isolated groups and ranges of hills.
The coastal plain comprises a sandy, unproductive belt immediately on the coast, back of which is a more fertile tertiary plain, well suited, near the higher country, to the production of sugar and cotton.
The climate of the coastal zone and deeper valleys is hot, humid and unhealthy, malarial fevers being prevalent.
The portion within the Coastal Plain embraces nearly the whole of the south-east half of the state and is commonly known as tide-water Maryland.
The Fall Line, which forms the boundary between the Coastal Plain and the Piedmont Plateau, is a zone in which a descent of about 100 ft.
Its principal streams are those that cross the West Shore of the Coastal Plain and here wind their way from Parr's Ridge rapidly toward the south-east in narrow steep-sided gorges through broad limestone valleys.
For the most part they are considerably heavier with clay than are those of the Coastal Plain, and better adapted to general agricultural purposes.
From 1722 until the War of Independence the iron-ore product of North and West Maryland was greater than that of any of the other colonies, but since then ores of superior quality have been discovered in other states and the output in Maryland, taken chiefly from the west border of the Coastal Plain in Anne Arundel and Prince George's counties, has become comparatively of little importance-24,367 long tons in 1902 and only 8269 tons in 1905.
Brick, potter's and tile clays are obtained most largely along the west border of the Coastal Plain, and fire-clay from the coal region of West Maryland; in 1907 the value of clay products was $1,886,362.
The Loyalty Islands exhibit this type, in which former reefs appear as low cliffs, elevated above the sea, and separated from it by a level coastal tract.
Another lowland area embraces that small part of the state in the extreme south-east which lies west of the Tennessee river; this belongs to that part of the Coastal Plain Region which extends north along the Mississippi river; it has in Kentucky an average elevation of less than 500 ft.
Descending to the lowlands on either side of the plateau, the temperature rises steadily until the upper limit of the tropical region, called tierras calientes, is reached, where the climate is hot, humid and unhealthy, as elsewhere in the forested coastal plains of tropical America.
The tierras calientes (hot lands) of Mexico include the two coastal zones, the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, the states of Tabasco, Campeche, and part of Chiapas, the peninsula of Yucatan and a part of eastern Oaxaca.
Bancroft (Resources of Mexico, pp. 3-4), the tierras calientes, which include a coastal zone 30 to 40 m.
This is due not only to its geographical position and its vertical climatic zones, which give it a range from tropical to arctic types, but also to its peculiar combination of humid and arid conditions in which we find an extensive barren table-land interposed between two tropical forested coastal zones.
These widely divergent conditions give to Mexico a flora that includes the genera and species characteristic of nearly all the zones of plant life on the western continents - the tropical jungle of the humid coastal plains with its rare cabinet-woods, dye-woods, lianas and palms; the semi-tropical and temperate mountain slopes where oak forests are to be found and wheat supplants cotton and sugar-cane; and above these the region of pine forests and pasture lands.
The unhealthfulness of the coastal plains prevents their being thickly populated, although Vera Cruz and some other states return a large population.
It is celebrated because of the difficulties overcome on the precipitous eastern slopes of the Sierra Madre, the beauties of the mountain scenery through which it passes, and the rapid transition from the hot, humid coastal plain to the cool, arid plateau, 7924 ft.
The Appalachian system, originally forest-covered, on the eastern side of the continent, is relatively low and narrow; it is bordered on the south-east and south by an important coastal plain.
Wit continued decrease of altitude south-eastward, the crystalline belt dips under the coastal plain, near a line marked by the Delaware river from Trenton to Philadelphia in Pennsylvania, and thence south-south-westward through Maryland and Virginia past the cities of Baltimore, Washington and Richmond.
Hence rivers in the Appalachians are not navigable; it is only farther down-stream, where the rivers have been converted into estuaries and bayssuch as Chesapeake and Delaware baysby a slight depression of the coastal plain belt, that they serve the purposes of navigation.
The lower coastal parts, from their accessibility and their smaller relief, are more densely populated; the higher and more rugged interior is still largely forested and thinly settled; there are large tracts of unbroken forest in northern Maine, hardly 150 m.
In spite of these contrasts, no physiographic line can be drawn between the higher and more rugged interior and the lower coastal border; one merges into the other.
The features of a coast can be appreciated only when it is perceived that they result from the descent of the land surface beneath the sea and from the work of the sea, upon the shore line thus determined; and it is for this reason that through- Coast, out this article the coastal features are described in connection with the districts of which they are the border.
This subdivision is already necessary in Maryland, where the mountain belt is represented by the Blue Ridge, which is rather a narrow upland belt than a ridge proper where the Potomac cuts across it; while the piedmont belt, relieved by occasional monadnocks stretches from the eastern base of the Blue Ridge to the coastal plain, into which it merges.
The piedmont belt merges south-eastward into the coastal plain, the altitudes of the piedmont uplands and of the coastal plain hills being about the same along their line of junction.
Many of the rivers, elsewhere well graded, have rapids as they pass from the harder rocks of the piedmont to the semi-consolidated strata of the coastal plain.
An uplift, increasing to the south, revealed part of the shallow sea bottom in the widening coastal plain, from its narrow beginning at New York harbour to its greatest breadth of 110 or 120 m.
The coastal plain, however, is the result, not of a single recent uplift, but of movements dating back to Tertiary time and continued with many oscillations to the present; nor is its surface smooth and unbroken, for erosion began upon the inner part of the plain long before the outer border was revealed.
A section of the coastal plain, from North Carolina to southern New Jersey, resembles the plain farther south in general form and quality of soils, but besides being narrower, it is further characterized by several embayments or arms of the sea, caused by a slight depression of the land after mature valleys had been eroded in the plain.
The coastal lowland between the sea arms is so flat that, although distinctly above sea-level, vegetation hinders drainage and extensive swamps or pocossins occur.
The small triangular section of the coastal plain in New Jersey north of Delaware Bay deserves separate treatment because of the development there of a pectiliar topographic feature, which throws light on the occurrence of the islands off the New England coast, described in the next paragraph.
There is good reason for believing that at least along the southern border of New England a narrow coastal plain was for a time added to the continental border; and that, as in the New Jersey section the plain was here stripped from a significant breadth of inland overlap and worn down so as to form an inner lowland enclosed by a longitudinal upland or cuesta; and that when this stage was reached a submergence, of the kind which has produced the many embayments of the New England coast, drowned the outer part of thy plain and the inner lowland, leaving only the higher parts of the cuesta as islands.
When the oldland and its overlap of stratified deposits were elevated again, the overlapping strata must have had the appearance of a coastal plain; but that was long ago; the strata have since then been much eroded, and to-day possess neither the area nor the smooth form of their initial extent.
I-fence this district may be placed in the class of ancient coastal plains.
The Gulf Coastal Plain.The westward extension of the Atlantic coastal plain around the Gulf of Mexico carries with it a repetition of certain features already described, and the addition of several new ones.
As in the Atlantic coastal plain, it is only the lower, seaward part of this region that deserves the name of plain, for there alone is the surface unbroken by hills or valleys; the inner part, initially a plain by reason of its essentially horizontal (gently seaward-sloping) structure, has been converted by mature dissection into an elaborate complex of hills and valleys, usually of increasing altitude and relief as one passes inland.
A broad, low crustal arch extends southward at the junction of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains; the emerged half of the arch, constitutes the visible lowland peninsula of Florida; the submerged half extends westward under the shallow Florida.
A typical example of a belted coastal plain is found in Alabama and the adjacent part of Mississippi.
The coastal plain extends 500 m.
Its inner border affords admirable examples of topographical discordance where it sweeps north-westward square across the trend of the piedmont belt, the ridges and valleys, and the plateau of the Appalachians, which are all terminated by dipping gently beneath the unconformable cover of the coastal The, lain strata.
In the embayment of the coastal plain some low cuesta-like belts of hills with associated strips of lowlands suggest the features of a beltedcoastal plain; the hillybeltordissected cuesta determined by the Grand Gulf formation in western Mississippi is the most distinct.
Important salt deposits occur in the coastal plain strata near the coast.
The head of the coastal plain embayment is near the junction of the Ohio and the Mississippi.
This valley in the coastal plain, with the much narrower rock-walled valley of the upper river in the prairie states, is the true valley of the S3ississippi river; but in popular phrase the Mississippi valley is taken to include a large central part of the Mississippi drainage basin.
An inland extension from the coastal plain in north-central Texas leads to a large cuesta known as Grand Prairie (not structurally included in the coastal plain), upheld at altitudes of 1200 or 1300 ft.
On still other parts of the coast a recent small elevatory movement has exposed part of the former sea bottom in a narrow coastal plain, of which some typical harbourless examples are found in Oregon.
Jurassic SystemThis system is not known with certainty in the eastern half of the United States, though there are some beds on the mid-Atlantic coast, along the inland border of the coastal plain, which have been thought by some, on the basis of their reptilian fossils, to be Jurassic. The lower and middle parts of the system are but doubtfully represented in the western interior.
The Comanchean formations are found (I) on the inland border of the coastal plain of the Atlantic (Potomac series) and Gulf coasts (Tuscaloosa series at the east and Comanchean at the west); (2) along the western margin of the Great Plains and in the adjacent mountains; and (3) along the Pacific coast west of the Sierras.
In the coastal plain the Comanchean beds are generally not cemented, but consist of gravel, sand and clay, occupying the nearly horizontal position in which they were originally deposited.
It is found (1) on the Atlantic coastal plain, where it laps up on the Comanchean, or over it to older formations beyond its inland margin; (2) on the coastal plain of the Gulf region in similar relations; (3) over the western plains; (4) in the western mountains; and (5) along the Pacific coast.
The most distinctive feature of the Cretaceous of the Atlantic coastal plain is its large content of greensand marl (glauconite).
In addition to these non-marine formations of the west, there is the widespread Lafayette formation, which covers niuch of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plain, reaching far to the north from the western Gulf regio,1, and having uncertain limits, so far as now worked out, in various directions.
It seems probable that the Lafayette formation of the Gulf coastal plain is continuous northward and westward with gravel deposits on the Great Plains, washed out from the Rocky Mountains to the west.
On the coastal plain there is the Columbia series of gravels, sands and barns, made up of several members.
The series is widespread over the lower part of the coastal plain.
The mountains descend by a much more gradual slope to the coastal plain of the Gulf of Tarentum.
The remainder of the state is occupied by the coastal plain.
Extending from the Gulf northward for one hundred and fifty miles is the outer belt of the Coastal Plain, also called the "Timber Belt," whose soil is sandy and poor, but responds well to fertilization.
North of this is the inner lowland of the Coastal Plain, or the "Black Prairie," which includes some 13,000 sq.
This is a part of the great Atlantic Coastal Plain.
By far the greatest variety of soils is found in the Coastal Plain Region.
Rubber and palm oil are natural forest products of the coastal zone.
In 1889 its area was much reduced by a subdivision of its coastal zone, which was set apart as the territory of Tepic.
The coastal zone and the north-west corner of the state belong to the Amazon valley region, being a heavily forested plain traversed by numerous rivers.
The principal industries of Maranhao are agricultural, the river valleys and coastal zone being highly fertile and being devoted to the cultivation of sugar-cane, cotton, rice, coffee, tobacco, mandioca and a great variety of fruits.
Slayter went in a coastal motor boat to place a calcium flare in its old position.
Two coastal motor boats, CMB24 and 30, dashed ahead and torpedoed the piers.
Most of the sharks lived in the sea continuously, but the ganoids frequenting the coastal waters appear to have migrated inland.
Cretaceous rocks occur around the basalt platform of the Cameroon mountain and generally along the coastal belt.
The chief towns of Fiinen itself are all coastal.
It is to be noted that the Gulf of Guayaquil separates the humid, forestcovered coastal plain of Ecuador from the arid, barren coast of Peru, the two regions being widely dissimilar.
The southern point touches the Coastal Plain Belt at its northward extension called the "Mississippi Embayment."
Cereals are produced in considerable quantities in the hinterlands of Mohammerah and Bushire and in the intervening coastal strip; the rest of the Gulf largely depends on imports from this part of Persia or from India.
The department belongs partly to the arid coastal plain that extends from the Gull of Guayaquil southward nearly to Valparaiso, and partly to a broken mountainous region belonging to the Western Cordilleras.
The coastal zone is traversed by the Tumbes, Chira and Piura rivers, which have their sources in the melting snows of the higher Andes and flow westward across the desert to the coast.
Conception are fertile coastal plains of considerable extent, separated from the interior deserts by various mountain ranges from 5000 to 7000 ft.
Many places in northern, southern, central, mountain and southern coastal California normally have more than 200 perfectly clear days in a year; and many in the mountains and in the south, even on the coast, have more than 250.
On nearly all lands irrigated some crops will grow in ordinary seasons without irrigation, but it is this that makes possible selection of crops; practically indispensable for all field and orchard culture in the south, save for a few moist coastal areas, it everywhere increases the yield of all crops and is practised generally all over the state.
The easternmost is the Coastal Plain Province, and forms a part of the great Coastal Plain bordering the S.E.
On the Coastal Plain are the musk-rat, the eastern cotton-tail, chipmunk, grey fox, common mole and Virginia opossum.
The Coastal Plain of Virginia is covered with pine forests which merge westward with the hard woods of the Piedmont Belt, where oaks formerly prevailed, but where a second growth of pine now constitutes part of the forest.
Even on the Coastal Plain the Jersey and oldfield pines of to-day replace more valuable species of the original growth.
On the Coastal Plain the cypress grows in the Dismal Swamp, river birch along the streams, and sweet gum and black gum in swampy woods.
Other characteristic plants of the Coastal Plain are the cranberry, wild rice, wild yam, wax myrtle, wistaria, trumpet flower, passion flower, holly and white alder.
In the Coastal Plain region the temperature is quite stable from day to day, as a result of the equalizing effect of the numerous bays which indent this province.
Marshy soils are found along the lowest portions of the Coastal Plain, and are exceedingly productive wherever reclaimed by draining, as in portions of the Dismal Swamp. Other portions of the Coastal Plain afford more valuable soils, sandy loams overlying sandy clays.
The middle belt merges into the coastal belt, covered by geologically recent marine deposits, reaching an extreme height of 700 to 800 ft., and extending inland some 60 to 80 m.
The orographical division of the central lowlands bears comparison in formation with the coastal belt of marine deposits to the north.
Sweden thus occupies a climatic position between the purely coastal conditions of Norway and the purely continental conditions of Russia; and in some years the climate inclines to the one character, in others to the other.
Towards the north the coastal zone disappears beneath the sea and the Andean zone reaches to the shore.
It lies partly upon the north-east slope of the great Brazilian plateau, and partly upon the sandy coastal plain.
The sandy, coastal plain, with a width of 12 to 18 m., is nearly bare of vegetation.
The northern part is rugged mountainous "old land," not completely worn down by erosion; and the southern part is a portion of the old coastal plain, whose layers contain salt, gypsum and some inferior coal.
There are within the state four distinct topographic belts - the Appalachian, the Highlands, the Triassic Lowland and the Coastal Plain.
One-third of the Coastal Plain is below 50 ft.
In addition to the stretches of marsh along the coast, the eastward-flowing rivers of the Coastal Plain are fringed with large areas of swamp land, some of which is well forested.
The' four topographic belts of the state correspond very closely to the outcrops of its geological formations; the rocks of the Appalachian belt being of Palaeozoic age; the formation of the Highlands, Archaean; that of the Triassic Lowland, Triassic; that of the irregular hills of the Coastal Plain, Cretaceous and Tertiary.
The coastal district has an area of 38,000 sq.
The highlands of eastern Australia form the middle belt of the state, to the east of which are the low coastal districts and to the west the wide western plains.
The highlands of New South Wales consist, geographically, of a series of tablelands, now in the condition of dissected peneplains; geologically, they are built of a foundation of Archean and folded Lower Palaeozoic rocks, covered in places by sheets of more horizontal Upper Palaeozoic and Mesozoic rocks; these deposits occur along the edge of the highlands, and are widely distributed on the floor of the coastal districts.
An occurrence of Upper Cretaceous beds occurs in the coastal district at Nimbin on the Richmond river.
The most significant point in the distribution of the marine Cainozoic rocks in New South Wales is their complete absence from the coastal districts; this fact indicates that while the Middle Cainozoic marine beds of Victoria and New Guinea were being deposited, Australia extended far eastward into the Tasman Sea.
Although the coastal districts are still important, as the crops yielding the largest returns per acre are grown there, as regards the total area under crop these districts are of much less importance compared with the whole state than formerly.
In Lancashire a flat coastal strip occurs between the western front of the Pennine Chain and the Irish Sea, and, widening southward, extends into Cheshire and comprises the lower valleys of the Mersey and the Dee.
Farther south, these rocks form the low coastal belt of Lancashire, edged with the longest stretches of blown sand in England, and dotted here and there with pleasure towns, like Blackpool and Southport.
On the Arctic there is a broad coastal plain.
To the warmth and moisture brought by this means the coastal region owes its high equable temperature, its heavy rainfall (80-110 in.) and its superb vegetation.
The forests of the coastal region eastward from Cook Inlet, and particularly in south-eastern Alaska, are of fair variety, and of great richness and value.
In 1890 the pure-blooded natives numbered 23,531, of whom 6000 were Haidas, Thlinkits or other natives of the coastal region, 1000 Aleuts, 3400 Athapascans and 13,100 Eskimo.
The natives have adopted many customs of white civilization, and on the Aleutians, and in coastal Alaska, and in scattered regions in the interior acknowledge Christianity under the forms of the Orthodox Greek or other churches.
The boundary dispute involved the interpretation of the words, quoted above, in the treaties of 1825 and 1867 defining the boundary of the Russian (later American) possessions, and also the determining of the location of Portland Canal, and the question whether the coastal girdle should cross or pass around the heads of the fjords of the coast.
To this subsidence are due the picturesque coastal scenery, the numerous islands and bays, the good harbours and the peculiar coast-line.
This uplift has brought up submarine deposits of sand, &c., to form little coastal plains at some points along the coast, providing good land for settlement and clay for brick and pottery.
The Sinu rises on the northern slopes of the Alto del Viento near the 7th parallel, and flows almost due north across the coastal plain for a distance of about 286 m.
As a result the coastal plain is covered with swamps and tangled forests, and is extremely unhealthy, except at a few favoured points on the coast.
The alternating wet and dry seasons are likewise to be found on the Pacific coastal plain, though this region is not entirely dry and vegetation never dries up as on the llanos.
The bottom of the Bay of Bengal, of the northern' part of the Arabian Sea, of the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and of the narrow coastal strips on the east and west sides of the ocean, are chiefly covered by blue and green muds.
The less healthful regions include the isthmus districts, the coastal zone on the Pacific and the low country on the border of Vera Cruz.
The eastern elevation is a ridge or cuesta formed by an outcropping hard layer of the ancient coastal plain; and it separates the Wisconsin river basin from the Fox River Valley and the streams flowing into Lake Michigan.
It consists of a narrow coastal zone, 30 to 40 m.
The surface consists of a narrow coastal zone where tropical conditions prevail, a broad belt of mountainous country covered by the ranges of the Sierra Madre Occidental and their intervening valleys where oak and pine forests are to be found, and an intervening zone among the foothills of the Sierra Madre up to an elevation of 2000 ft., where the conditions are subtropical.
The low land surrounding the plain-track of the Bann intervenes between this and the beginning of a coastal formation which is common to the north-western and western coasts.
South Carolina is mainly in the Coastal Plain, and Piedmont Plateau regions, but in the north-west it extends slightly into the Appalachian Mountain region.
Locally the Coastal Plain region is known as the low country, and the Piedmont Plateau and Appalachian Mountain regions are known as the up-country.
This line, at which the south-east flowing rivers fall from higher levels in the crystalline rocks of the Piedmont Plateau down to somewhat lower levels in the softer rocks of the Coastal Plain, passes in a general south-west direction from the North Carolina border north-east of Cheraw through Camden and Columbia to the Savannah river opposite Augusta, Georgia.
In the north-east the Great Pedee and its tributaries - the Little Pedee, Waccamaw and Lynches - are wholly within the Coastal Plain, but the main stream is a continuation below the Fall Line of the Yadkin river, which rises in the mountains of North Carolina.
The Combahee and the Edisto, in the southeast, and the Black, north of the Santee, are the principal rivers that rise within the Coastal Plain and flow direct to the ocean.
In the Piedmont Plateau region the current of the rivers is usually swift, and not infrequently there are falls or rapids; but in the Coastal Plain region the current becomes sluggish, and in times of high water the rivers spread over wide areas.
In most of the uplands of the Coastal Plain region the long-leaf pine is predominant, but large water-oaks and undergrowths of several other oaks and of hickories are not uncommon.
On the more level areas of the Piedmont Plateau the granitic soil is a grey mixture of sand and clay, but on the hillsides of the river basins it is a heavy clay of reddish colour, the sand having been washed down to form the soils of the Coastal Plain.
In the upper section of the Coastal Plain region the soil is for the most part a loose sand, but lower down it becomes finer, more tenacious, and consequently more fertile.
It has been argued that All-Fatherism is an advance, conditioned by coastal influences - more rain and more food - concomitant with a social advance to individual marriage, and reckoning of kin in the male line.
Thus coastal conditions have clearly no causal influence on the development of the All-Father belief.
Occasionally the crystalline belt comes to the coast, but it is usually reached by two steps known as the coastal belt and foot-plateau.
Along the coastal margins they underlie the newer formations and appear in the deep valleys and kloofs wherever denudation has laid them bare.
Lastly there are the recent elevations of the northern coastal regions, the Barbary coast and along the east coast.
The coastal plain is filled with lakes (lagoas), in some cases formed by the blocking up of river outlets by beach sands..
To the north this coastal chain continues in small ridges or isolated hills along the Pacific as far as Colombia, always leaving the same valley more or less visible to the west of the western great chain.
Westward from the Lower Tennessee river the surface of the East Gulf Coastal Plain rises rapidly to the summit of a broken cuesta or ridge and then descends gently and terminates abruptly in a bluff overlooking the Mississippi Flood Plain.
The cassava growing region of coastal Kenya is separated from cultivated areas inland by an arid belt which does not support intensive agriculture.
The bacterial and nitrate concentrations are quite abnormal in almost all the coastal stretches of Bardez taluka.
The phenomenon of " coastal squeeze " of saltmarsh may be causing some net vertical accretion of mudflat surfaces.
Some charter airlines operate seasonal services from the UK to coastal airports.
Emigration is occurring concurrently, tho not driving, expansion of unsustainable coastal aquaculture.
They were mounted on ships and used as coastal batteries and also siege artillery.
It is fascinating to explore the battlements, dark passages and huge basement with an exhibition of England's coastal defenses.
Set in a charming coastal village, this hotel has two restaurants, one fine dining, the other a more relaxed bistro.
These rocks demonstrate a change from coastal to marine conditions and contain fossil brachiopods, corals and the remains of sea-lilies.
Volcanic rock of high calcium carbonate underlies the western region; sedimentary sandstone occurs on the coastal flank.
Looking for a ski chalet or a coastal villa?
Foreign and Commonwealth Office Travel Advice Worldwide disease and immunization checklist Footprint Travel Guides Venezuela is a coastal, mountain, and plains republic.
In this pristine coastal rainforest, you will have up-close views of dramatic waterfalls, soaring granite cliffs and deep, placid fjords.
Enjoy the area's quiet villages, parts of the Norfolk Broads and pretty coastal areas.
There are also coastal counts which do not affect Worcestershire.
Volunteer tasks which are specifically coastal, such as marram planting, are on the whole simple and undemanding and require little equipment.
Chichester Interest Holidays - Relaxed and friendly guided coastal walking holidays in Cornwall for small groups of adults.
The Germans, alerted by the chance meeting of a coastal convoy with the raiding force, wiped out the entire force.
Enjoy spectacular coastal walks or explore the sandy bays, smugglers ' coves, rocky pools and cliffs.
Tide mills, like Woodbridge, tend to be situated along shallow creeks to avoid the ravages of the coastal waves.
Black Guillemots also breed in various coastal cliff crevices.
To signing Coastal cruise Tour Guides agreements years best cruise Mexico of putting.
The super cyclone which devastated coastal Orissa in 1999, killing at least 10,000 people and making millions homeless.
What they really mean, say the cynics, is the trust doesn't want to carry the cost of coastal defenses.
A LOCAL BEAUTY SPOT WITH 75,000 VISITORS EACH YEAR The coastal denes of Durham are an important wildlife habitat.
The subject matter is the much derided coastal landscape of Essex.
Coastal Sri Lanka was utterly devastated by the Indian Ocean tsunami.
Mr Ellis was given a conditional discharge by the Judge who ordered him to pay £ 150 costs to Suffolk Coastal.
You come to a bridge over the now disused Great North of Scotland railroad line, which once served all the coastal towns.
Walks, hiking trails and jeep excursions enable visitors to explore marshes and wetlands, coastal dunes, isolated mountain peaks and Atlantic beaches.
My thesis title is Studies on the biogenic mediation of sediment dynamics in coastal systems.
Sand dunes provide a coastal protection role by absorbing the impact of wave energy.
Measures or policies taken to address coastal erosion or flooding can often pose a new risk to historic assets.
The A55 coastal expressway is within 3 miles offering swift road access to the North Wales Coastal towns.
Which is why no large wild falcons live in farmland in the UK, only in coastal or open areas.
Killough Bay and Strand Lough ASSI is coastal site with linked tidal lough, swamp, fen and wet meadows.
In general, coastal development has centered upon the large firths with much of the rest of the coast rural in nature.
Southern CA beaches may have " June Gloom " which means coastal fog most mornings, I cannot speak for the beaches further north.
Trawl fishing began in 1882, attracting fisher folk from coastal settlements in Kincardineshire and as far south as Northumberland.
Direct access can also be gained to the coastal footpath from the back garden.
Certain coastal fora have also been set up by the country nature conservation agencies.
Immediately behind the sandy foreshore there is commonly a narrow belt of dunes separating the coastal edge from the interior of the islands.
The Iron Age promontory fort is one of several along the Heritage coast, protecting a potential landing point from coastal raiders.
The sediments mainly comprise richly fossiliferous sands deposited in shallow sub-tropical coastal seas about 45 million years ago.
Scenery is vast and varies from coastal cliffs to moorland fringes.
The extensive coastal cliffs provide nest sites for a range of breeding seabirds including fulmars, guillemots, razorbills, puffins and kittiwakes.
Sussex's field class to Nova Scotia examines aspects of its glacial history, sea-level change and coastal geomorphology.
The role of geology in influencing coastal or karst geomorphology at a range of scales.
It was designated for its estuaries and adjacent coastal habitats, which are important for breeding gulls, terns and wintering waterfowl.
Initially focused on mammalian herbivores, we are now also working on the birds of the coastal marshes.
The island is very picturesque with rolling green hills surrounded by glorious coastal scenery.
Peaceful wooded valleys, a dramatic coastal landscape and remote windswept hilltops give the Blackdowns a contrasting coastal and upland character.
This is particularly the case along the sides of valleys or in wet hollows in flat land on the coastal plain.
On a windy day the next 2km (1.2 miles) are a dramatic scene, the coastal path hugs the high cliffs.
This lush coastal wilderness is home to abundant wildlife including humpback and orca whales, puffins, and stellar sea lions.
Mesolithic hunter-gatherers may have traveled to the Dales from coastal camps.
She is an expert in modeling biogeochemical process and coastal aquifer hydrodynamics.
Our route follows the coast along isolated golden beaches, fjord-like inlets and coastal hills thick with native rainforest.
Four working groups then focused on climatology, coastal zone ecosystems and land use, ocean-atmosphere interactions, and human dimensions.
In coastal areas, more directional aerials may be needed to reduce the effects of co-channel interference - see Section 6.2.
Students stay here several days, studying the spectacular tower karst, coastal geomorphology, mangroves, and tourism.
I knew him to be the foremost authority then living on the coastal trading ketch.
Here, the freshwater lagoon is a sanctuary for large numbers of coastal birds.
The majority occur in arable land with some in coastal grazing marsh.
Next on the journey we drove through the coastal roads of Normandy, where many years ago the famous D-day landings commenced.
Problems arising from coastal landslides have been particularly serious during the 20th century.
Examples include woodland clearings and rides, calcareous grassland, coastal landslips, abandoned quarries, disused railroad cuttings, and limestone pavements.
Higher sea levels could inundate small islands, flood coastal lowlands, and erode sand dunes.
Feeding on the seeds of tree mallow, they seem to favor coastal areas.
We continue to the coastal mangroves of Kuala Selangor, at the mouth of the Selangor River.
The beef is produced from cows raised on coastal grazing marsh.
Theft Of Livestock The coastal marshland and extensive common land meant that the Dengie 100 teemed with livestock especially sheep.
As seen in Arguedas's work, coastal culture is rooted in a calculating, scientific, Western mentality.
Here one has the appearance of tells, formalized ditched and palisaded enclosures and the beginnings of larger coastal middens.
The islands are therefore mainly mountainous creating narrow coastal plains and forested interior valleys and fertile plains.
For something more lively the majority of the towns ' nightspots ' are located out along the coastal road to the airport.
This project consists of new laboratory and modeling studies on the transport and behavior of pollutants discharged from coastal outfalls.
There are wonderful, peaceful walks along the coastal path passing the unique Loe Bar, which is a bird watchers Paradise.
The coastal path is easily accessed from these cottages.
Coastal Orissa is a highly patriarchal society, restricting the physical movement of women, resulting in low levels of literacy.
Coastal Command aircraft were flying North Sea reconnaissance patrols.
The opening of the Cambrian Railroad in 1867 brought immense changes to the settlement patterns of the coastal strip.
As you cross the peninsula, high open moorland and ancient woodland give way to coastal waterfalls tumbling from hanging valleys onto rocky shores.
Temporal changes in the migration phenology of turtle doves Streptopelia turtur in Britain, based on sightings from coastal bird observatories.
Most pipefish species are coastal or inshore, but the snake pipefish is the only one described as an open sea or oceanic species.
Also, Venezuela's coastal ports were subject to frequent attacks by British, French and Dutch pirates throughout the colonial period.
The main chain of the Andes runs from west to east, leaving a narrow coastal plain.
The coastal area has navigable lagoons, behind which is the rain forest with Savannah plains and sandstone plateaux to the north.
Shoreline managers and shoreline management plans can assist planners in the development of policy frameworks to reduce risk in coastal zones.
The path was badly damaged during coastal protection works at the small promontory at the end of Scotland's most northerly canal.
Choose between deserted coastal marshes or promenades and candy-floss, seaside picnics or cozy riverside pubs, and shingle beaches with exhilarating views.
These mountains and valleys are peppered with traditional Spanish pueblos which seem a million miles away from the popular coastal resorts.
A heavy rainfall late in the day makes the coastal road the only viable route of advance.
The Environment Agency has a statutory duty to promote recreation on or near inland and coastal waters.
On conifers in California, the pathogen causes a needle blight and dieback of young shoots of Douglas fir and coastal redwood.
The Wessex region is organizing a coastal tour in 2000.
We've got the world renowned National Park Coastal Path on the very Western tip of Europe right on our doorstep.
Two Dragonflys were issued to every coastal air station, again replacing the Sea Otter in the air-sea rescue role.
The coastal resort of Minehead is our next stop, probably the best known resort in Somerset.
The Council has no responsibility for the Coastal Defense of private property.
We go on to consider how UK coastal waters may fare under the proposed revisions to the EC Bathing Water Directive.
This deposit covers large areas of the Downs and coastal plain, and occasionally yields remains of mammoth and wooly rhinoceros.
Yesterday a stilt sandpiper was seen around the coastal lagoons at Conwy RSPB reserve in North Wales.
Freshwater - beautiful surrounding cliffs to explore the coastal scenery.
The ships are purpose built for these ice-free waters, weaving close to the shore past magnificent coastal scenery.
Then continue south by Big Sur on Highway 1, where you will experience some of the most incredible coastal scenery in America.
There is an exceptionally scenic coastal golf course and boat trips are available for fishing and to visit Lundy Island.
By evening a gale running down both sides of the Scottish mainland and small coastal vessels scuttled for shelter.
In spring, witness of nesting seabirds on coastal cliffs.
The origin of coastal shingle varies according to location.
There continues to be strong support in the Study Area for coastal shipping to play a larger role in the overall transport strategy.
Magic Hills, Gorran Haven Three holiday bungalows situated in a quiet sheltered position in the coastal village of Gorran Haven.
Pond House Cottages are on a working smallholding 6 miles South of Cardigan in West Wales, bordering the Pembrokeshire National Coastal Park.
In contrast, relatively little is known about the influence of phytoplankton on trace metal speciation in coastal waters.
With this population distribution, increasing human numbers and mounting development pressures are taking a grim toll on coastal and near-shore resources.
Only river towboat place to play from below coastal services onboard included.
The nearest beach is 20 mins away and the property is only 25 mins from the vibrant coastal town of Royan.
Coastal defense structures can also transgress the LWM boundary.
A high and late autumn peak of phytoplankton off the coast of Portugal may be associated with coastal upwelling.
In coastal areas there can also be painful results from standing on sea urchins or contact with the spines of certain fish.
Some were definitely sea-going vessels and could have been used in coastal and international trade.
In addition, they are also limited by geography - wave power is only technically viable in coastal locations.
The region is largely unspoiled, lying amid stunning countryside and coastal scenery, and made up of farmhouses and quaint villages.
An ever-changing vista, this Atlantic coastal region truly can claim to have something special for everyone.
Within its borders are snow-capped mountains, smoking volcanoes, large rivers, lush tropical coastal plains and dense Amazonian jungle.
Access to many miles of country and coastal walks is close by, as is Ventnor Park.
The food is also a highlight of the Catalan Castles & Coves walk, which offers a combination of inland and coastal walking.
It is also used to perform salvage and recovery operations for other watercraft disabled or damaged along the coastal MSR.
Many small coastal marketing organization on the ms has bustling waterfront.
They vary from relatively wealthy to very poor, the warm south to the arid north west, the coastal to the inland.
Common Redshank Small numbers were seen on five dates on most coastal wetlands.
At issue was Japan's perennial request to start up " small type " coastal whaling in its home waters.
Coastal microclimate is important mainly as it affects plant zonation (see below ).
The coastal zone is also a key natural resource on which livelihoods depend.
Besides a great number of small coastal streams there are four other rivers of secondary importance, all of which water the east of the colony, viz.
North of the Murchison, Mount Augustus and Mount Bruce, with their connecting highlands, cut off the coastal drainage from the interior; but no point on the north-west coast reaches a greater altitude than 4000 ft.
Nothing is more remarkable than the contrast between the aspect of the coastal ranges on the north-east and on the south-east of the continent.
The Carboniferous period began with a marine transgression, enabling limestones to form in Tasmania and New South Wales; and at the same time the sea first got in along the western edge of the western plateau, depositing the Carboniferous rocks of the Gascoyne basin and the coastal plain of north-western Australia.
The largest of the coastal rivers are the Goyanna, which is formed by the confluence of the Tracunhaem and Capibaribe-mirim, and drains a rich agricultural region in the north-east part of the state; the Capibaribe, which has its source in the Serra de Jacarara and flows eastward to the Atlantic at Recife with a course of nearly 300 m.; the Ipojuca, which rises in the Serra de Aldeia Velha and reaches the coast south of Recife; the Serinhaen and the Una.
The tundra is a coastal plain, swampy and covered with undergrowth and underlaid by gravel.
In a middle section of the system, from the Hudson river in southern New York to the James river in southern Virginia, the crystalline belt is narrowed, as if by the depression of its south-eastern part beneath the Atlantic Ocean or beneath the strata of the Atlantic coastal plain which now represents the ocean; but the stratified belt is here broadly developed in a remarkable series of ridges and valleys determined by the action of erosion on the many alternations of strong and weak folded strata; and the plateau assumes full strength southward from the monochinal Mohawk valley which separates it from the Adirondacks.
A belted arrangement of relief s and soils, resulting from differential erosion on strata of unlike composition and resistance, characterizes almost the entire area of the coastal plain.
The southern and narrow part of the table-land, called the Edwards Plateau, is more dissected thanthe rest, and falls off to the south in a frayed-out fault scarp, as already mentioned, overlooking the coastal plain of the Rio Grande embayment.
Projecting like a bastion into the Mediterranean at a very central point, Cyrenaica seems intended to play a commercial part; but it does not do so to any extent because of (1) lack of natural harbours, Bengazi and Derna having only open and dangerous roads (this is partly due to coastal subsidence; ancient ports have sunk); (2) the difficulty of the desert routes behind it, wells beings singularly deficient in this part of the Sahara.
In the S.E., where the low, flat Coastal Plain is poorly drained, is the Great Dismal Swamp, a fresh-water marsh covering 700 sq.
The contour-line of o, or datum level, is the coastal boundary of any land form.
Southeast of the Triassic Lowland lies the fourth topographic belt, the Coastal Plain, containing an area of 4400 sq.
We 've got the world renowned National Park Coastal Path on the very Western tip of Europe right on our doorstep.
The speech was followed by an impassioned plea by Japan for the resumption of coastal whaling.
I hope Marco enjoyed the coastal scenery that I had promised him, and that we revisit again some time soon.
The Fife Coastal Path offers an ideal way to sample the area's rich heritage.
The coastal areas chosen for the farms are usually mangrove swamps, seen as useless areas ripe for exploitation.
Zarauz is a ritzy northern Spanish coastal town, only 15km west of San Sebastian, about 85 km from Pamplona.
Walk on rugged hillsides, through forests, over grouse moors and rolling farmland to the coastal cliff tops.
Coastal Scotland is one of the world 's most romanticized tourist destinations, yet it is in the midst of severe economic decline.
Wind plant in good coastal European sites will be subject to rain and salt spray and so corrosion problems will be similar.
There are many secluded beaches along both the North and East coasts amid some of the finest coastal scenery in Britain.
The imaginative interpretation of a detached house set on a coastal hillside with widespread sea views.
The pebbles, from which shingle beaches are made, is formed by wave action in the general process of coastal erosion.
The expected sea-level rise will cause shortage of sediment in the coastal area, resulting in shoreline retreat.
The official sponsor of this meeting is the International Geographical Union 's Commission on Coastal Systems.
Coastal squeeze occurs where fixed sea defenses prevent the natural migration of saltmarsh inland as estuaries become subject to sea level rise.
This tour explores the best of these habitats and also the excellent coastal wetland and steppe areas in the southeast part of the country.
Important coastal strandline communities are found at Poltesco on the Lizard.
This time she 's working in Georgia 's steaming coastal swampland.
Whilst on their wintering grounds in coastal British Columbia, the birds mainly eat roots and tubers of emergent plants on tidal flats.
By the end of 2002, all the EU 's fishing fleets will be able to fish in our twelve mile coastal belt.
Then we turn toward the coast, driving through the gently undulating Borders scenery to the small coastal town of Bamburgh.
The coastal upwelling regions are thus playing an essential role in the marine biogeochemical cycle of many elements.
In Chile we visited the coastal desert with its oases and its nutrient-rich upwelling sea currents.
It was constructed in 1879 and links the town with the north wales coastal resorts.
The route westwards along coastal roads was picturesque with great stands of eucalyptus trees and pampas grass everywhere.
At issue was Japan 's perennial request to start up " small type " coastal whaling in its home waters.
Coastal microclimate is important mainly as it affects plant zonation (see below).
The Coastal Living Starfish Knob with Swarovski Crystals is a great choice.
Coastal cottage furnishings can create the perfect ambiance for your beach haven.
You may decide to mix several themes and create a unique blend of coastal styles with various beach motifs.
Bright colors are usually found in coastal designs and provide a great opportunity to create accent colors in your overall room settings.
Vivid reds, bright blues, yellows, pinks, orange, and purples are great colors to use in an exciting coastal home design.
Many of your household items can be counted as furnishings for your coastal cottage.
Comfort is your first priority when selecting furniture for the den or family room in your coastal cottage.
Most cottages are a casual style and the furnishings reflect this laid-back approach to coastal living.
Now that you've selected your coastal cottage furnishings, you'll be able to put your feet up and enjoy the view.
This reduces the food supply to humans who feed on small, coastal fish.
The effect of rising sea levels is catastrophic on smaller islands and coastlines, causing displacement of populations and coastal flooding.
Marty Relan Interiors are specialists who bring coastal style interior design into your Wilmington home.
No matter where your personal coastal escape is, it's easy to recreate in your own home with ideas.
The remaining Mediterranean colors like yellow, green, lavender, and brown are inspired by nature and the hilly landscapes and countryside of southern coastal Europe.
Coastal animals are a great theme for a beach home.
There are tons of accessories out on the market that cater to a coastal theme.
Obviously colors that are associated with coastal areas are best.
White also works as a great accent color and helps keep a coastal color scheme light yet grounded.
Home decorations made with seashells are commonplace along coastal areas.
If coastal isn't your scene, look for art or decorations with other simple country cottage motifs such as dolls, cuddly animals, farmsteads, and flowers.
Some teens will organize parties (coastal cities will often have beach house parties) and invite many teens.
Be careful with this idea, however, as even if you live in a coastal city with a beach, you may still find that beaches have curfews.
Tropical bedding has long been a popular décor choice for beach houses in Florida, California, or other coastal areas, but this colorful yet calming theme isn't limited to the coastal states anymore.
Coastal shower curtains for a nautical or island bathroom theme can add a touch of seaside to your décor.
There is a wide selection for coastal themed shower curtains available to you.
The endless choices include various seascapes, nautical, seashell, island, and marine life just to name a few of the coastal themes.
Probably the most whimsical theme for a coastal decorated bathroom is the mermaid.
Now that you've decided on which of the coastal shower curtains best suits your bathroom, don't neglect finding the perfect shower curtain rings to go with your new design.
At Shower Curtains, you can browse a number of categories, including novelty, animal, coastal designs, contemporary, floral, and geometric.
This coastal design adds a nice touch to bathrooms in beach houses, or for those who live along the coast.
Add a coastal vacation feel to any bathroom with a lighthouse shower curtain.
You don't want your lighthouse curtain to be the only object in the bathroom that relates to coastal, sea or nautical themes.
Maybe Brooke will have to leave the coastal waters and beaches of the "Sunshine State" for the Great Plains and farms of the "Cornhusker State."
Coastal cruises that can navigate partway up larger river systems.
The cruise departs from the port of Long Beach and travels down to the Mexican coastal town of Ensenada.
Coastal Indian tribes often gathered the local cranberries that lived in the wetland areas and cooked them for food.
Geographically, Texas consists of the Gulf Coastal Plains, Interior Lowlands, Great Plains, and the Basin and Range Province.
The state of New Jersey has excellent resources such as Coastal Hearing and Balance located in Neptune, New Jersey.
Coastal Contacts and Sanders Contacts have Black Out lenses, too.
Another online shopping site worth investigating is Coastal Contacts.
If you are looking for custom made lenses, Coastal Contacts can help, but you'll need to tack on an additional week's worth of wait time.
However, as with Coastal Contacts, there are no exchanges or refunds, and all sclera purchases will need prescription verification.
Coastal Contacts has over 130 styles of Halloween lenses to choose from.
You can find Gaara lenses at Coastal Contacts for $104.99 per lens and Vision Direct for $115.99 per lens.
Coastal Contacts also offers Sarah Palin inspired eyewear, and even better is that the company sells their products as "packages."
Coastal Contacts has a wide variety of scary contact lenses for you to choose from.
Coastal Contacts carry a wide selection of special effect contact lenses.
Coastal Contacts carry a wide selection of crazy contact lenses.
Coastal Contacts has an array of spooky, scary, and wicked FX contacts you don't see everywhere.
Tampa is also a cruise port for western Caribbean cruises and Mexico cruises, which brings even more visitors to this coastal city.
You will unlock a firefight characters when you finish Coastal Highway on Normal, Heroic or Legendary. 50 points.
Primarily coastal, the region grows many common varieties.
Most of Ted's wines are from the coastal areas, places like Cerise Vineyard in Anderson Valley to Hirsch Vineyard out at Sonoma Coast.
San Simeon is that small coastal town north of San Luis Obispo where W.R.
This is a coastal mountain region that probably has more in common with Mendocino than with Napa Valley.
Coastal Décor Shop - The metal wine stopper has a rubber seal, making it perfect for just about any bottle size.
You can target your search for the area you plan to visit by looking up campsites in the mountain, heartland, or coastal region.
Jellyfish and stingrays are two kinds that pose a threat to people who live or vacation in coastal communities.
Fear of water may be considered normal in a child who has never learned how to swim, but it might be considered abnormal in the adolescent son of a coastal fisherman.
Although they are not yet popular everywhere, they are growing more and more common in coastal areas, such as California and Florida.
Combine winery visits with side trips to historic Monterey and the scenic coastal region.
The Coastal Beach Lounge Chair found at Patio Furniture USA is a marvel of invention.
Also available with matching bottoms, this dotted V-neck top has the flattering halter look in a myriad of colors, including lemon, coastal green and tropical pink.
However, he decided to team up with AFTCO Bluewater to create a men's coastal sportswear line featuring swimwear, shirts, jacket, shoes and accessories.
Vitamin Shoppe was founded 1977 by Jeffrey Horowitz, and has since grown from a single store in Manhattan to over 350 across some 30 states in America today, focusing primarily on the coastal areas of continental United States.
The players then choose one coastal hex.
Some sightings have also occurred on coastal beaches in Canada.
If you need merchandise with a special name or logo on it, check for Coastal Business Supplies coupons first to get a great deal.
Started in 1990, Coastal Business Supplies helps organizations and companies develop products for marketing and promotion.
Some people also use the rhinestone kits, screenprinting setups, stamp creators, and specialty papers available at Coastal to start small business ventures.
Coastal Business Supplies coupons are not widely available.
Finally, make sure to check the Coastal Business Supplies website frequently for special promotions, "inventory blowouts", shipping discounts, and other ways to save money.
They look similar to beach and hiking sandals and are best used on coastal courses where golfers must trek over sand and rocks.
Dawson's Creek (1998-2003) - This show focused on the friendship between four main characters who lived in a coastal town.
Coastal areas, such as those found in Normandy and Brittany, are very popular with tourists who arrive from across the channel.
Day trips to the Yucatan Peninsula are popular and include trips to the coastal Mayan ruin at Tulum and the former Mayan city of Chichen Itza, located in the heart of the Yucatan jungle.
Coastal cities, such as Fort Lauderdale and Daytona Beach have been welcoming students for generations.
If you are looking to escape from the chaos of everyday life and reconnect in a place where the pace is slow and living is easy, then the popular South Carolina coastal city should be at the top of your travel wish list.
Manufacturers in China are shifting factory locations further inland to escape rising labor costs in coastal regions.
As wealth spreads throughout the country, freight transportation service areas must expand from major coastal cities, to inland cities in order to fuel growth and expansion.
However, stay away from coastal areas that may have high salt content in the air.
Military tailors since 1879, Marlow White began proudly supplying American soldiers of the artillery units near the coastal areas of Fort Pickens from their small uniform shop.
Starting as tailors for soldiers of coastal artillery units, Marlow White has grown into one of the leading suppliers of Army and Navy military dress uniforms.
Pizza is as much a part of the coastal town's culture as the salty sea air and the beach.
As you can imagine, there is some great seafood to be found in this coastal town.
A further gentle rise in the high steppes leads to the mountains of the West Australian coast, and another strip of low-lying coastal land to the sea.
The Dividing Range decreases north of the Blue Mountains, until as a mere ridge it divides the waters of the coastal rivers from those flowing to the Darling.
North of the Murchison, Mount Augustus and Mount Bruce, with their connecting highlands, cut off the coastal drainage from the interior; but no point on the north-west coast reaches a greater altitude than 4000 feet.
At first wheat was cultivated solely in the coastal country, but experience has shown that the staple cereal can be most successfully grown over almost any portion of the arable lands within the 20 to 40 in.
The ratio between these two coast-lines represents the " coastal development " of any region.
The forest-clad basin of the Congo, with the coastal districts of the bay of Guinea, seem to form one domain in opposition to the rest.
In the eastern portion of the Coastal Plain Region are the cotton rat, rice-field rat, marsh rabbit, big-eared bat, brown pelican, swallow-tailed kite, black vulture and some rattlesnakes and cotton-mouth moccasin snakes, all of which are common farther south; and there are some turtles and terrapins, and many geese, swans, ducks, and other water-fowl.
The trees of the greatest commercial value are oak and chestnut at the foot of the mountains and yellow pine on the uplands of the Coastal Plain.
Whatever may be its true botanical name it is the plant known in commerce as " Sea Island " cotton, owing to its introduction and successful cultivation in the Sea Islands and the coastal districts of South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.
The rotary system of drilling which is in general use in the oilfields of the coastal plain of Texas is a modification of that invented Rotary by Fauvelle in 1845, and used in the early years of the R .
On the north there is little coastal plain except at the mouths of rivers, but on the south coast there is a plain of considerable extent broken only by the remains of eroded foothills.
To the north, west and south, a flat coastal belt, bordering the Irish Sea, with its inlets Morecambe Bay and Solway Firth, and broadest in the north, marks off the Lake District, while to the east the valleys of the Eden and the Lune divide it from the Pennine mountain system.
A multitude of ravines and gullies, filled with torrential streams or dry, according to the season of the year, and characterized by many beautiful cascades, seam the narrow coastal plain and the flanks of the mountains.
The Sierra Madre crosses the southern part of the state parallel with the coast, separating the low, humid, forested districts on the frontier of Tabasco from the hot, drier, coastal plain on the Pacific. The mountain region includes a plateau of great fertility and temperate climate, which is one of the best parts of Mexico and contains the larger part of the population of the state.
The confinement of the colonies between an ocean and a mountain wall led to the fullest occupation of the coastal border of the continent, which was possible under existing conditions of agriculture, conducing to a community of purpose, a political and commercial solidarity, which would not otherwise have been developed.
Further south, the pretty coastal village of Kalkan is a collage of brilliant whitewashed houses, cobblestone streets and aquamarine waters.
The coastal belt of Australia is everywhere well watered, with the exception of the country around the Great Australian Bight and Spencer Gulf.
At the eastern extremity of the Coastal Plain Region an outer coast line is formed by a chain of long narrow barrier beaches from which project capes Hatteras, Lookout and Fear, whose outlying shoals are known for their dangers to navigation.
For the Coastal Plain Region it is 54 in.; for the Piedmont Plateau Region, 48 in.; and for the Mountain Region, 53 in.
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It comprises a comparatively narrow coastal zone, a high inland plateau, and an intermediate zone formed by the terraces and slopes between the two.