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coast

Meeting place of land and sea. The coast is changed by the physical processes of coastal erosion and coastal deposition, which include the action of waves, rain, wind, and frost.



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WHILE the various companies we have noticed were pushing their enterprises far and wide in the wilds of Canada, and along the course of the great western waters, other adventurers, intent on the same objects, were traversing the watery wastes of the Pacific and skirting the northwest coast of America.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
Our only hope lies in making the nearest land, which, unless I am mistaken, is the Scilly Islands, off the southwest coast of England.
The Lost Continent by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
My brother, very luckily for him as it chanced, pre- ferred to push on at once to the coast rather than wait for food, although all three of them were very hungry.
The War Of The Worlds by Wells, H.G. View in context
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