coastland

Example Sentences

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In 2011, a powerful earthquake and tsunami in Japan struck a large swath of the country’s eastern coastland, temporarily closing key producers of sensors and other electronic parts for the auto industry.

From Los Angeles Times

The firefly was first identified in the 1950s and has been found only in a sliver of southern Delaware coastland.

From Washington Times

Louisiana’s coastland has been disappearing for years, starved of replenishing sediment by levees that limit the sweep of the Mississippi River as it flows toward the Gulf of Mexico.

From Washington Times

Norway is a wealthy nation, with vast natural resources including oil, farmland and teeming fishing grounds along 400 miles of rugged coastland.

From New York Times

The militant group claims to run about 250km of coastland, but has been broadening its attacks to the south.

From The Guardian