- the contour or outline of a coast
Translations for 'coastline'
- American English: coastline A country's coastline is the outline of its coast. coastlinesThis is some of the most exposed coastline in the world.
- Brazilian Portuguese: litoral
- Chinese: 海岸线海岸线線
- European Spanish: litoral
- French: côte
- German: Küste
- Italian: linea costiera
- Japanese: 海岸線
- Korean: 해안선
- Portuguese: litoral
- Spanish: litoral
Example Sentences Including 'coastline'
The peak sat off center, more than a kilometer in from the eastern coastline , a yolk floating to the right in a fried egg.
MINUTES TO BURN (2001)
Africa's only nuclear power plant occupies a desolate stretch of coastline north of Cape Town.
The oil has blackened beaches and killed wildlife along Spain's coastline.
Chicago Sun-Times (2002)
Whether dredged or mined, sand is considered as good as gold along the nation's coastline.
Philadelphia Enquirer (2003)
If a curve or a coastline 's fractal dimension is close to one, the coast is very smooth and has no fine detail.
Turbulent Mirror (1990)
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