coastline
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Dans has long been taken with Russia, the country that has by far the most Arctic coastline.
From Salon ● Sep. 16, 2026
A free diver has said he "couldn't believe his luck" after spotting a giant jellyfish off the Welsh coastline.
From BBC ● Sep. 14, 2026
The tournament is set to draw up to 75,000 spectators to the links course, set among towering dunes on a rugged stretch of County Clare coastline.
From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026
Across the French Mediterranean coast, including Corsica, that zone encompasses about 1,700 kilometers of coastline, 187 towns, and at least 164,000 residents.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
Despite the confusion caused by the early tsunami predictions, hundreds of thousands of residents along the Tohoku coastline did flee.
From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland
Their findings, published in Nature Communications, reveal how this phenomenon, known as 'cyclone clustering', can intensify sea ice loss and potentially increase risks for Arctic coastlines.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 14, 2026
Coral reefs support vibrant marine ecosystems, but also act as breakwaters, protecting coastlines from storm-driven erosion and flooding.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
It offers quiet roads along coastlines and river gorges and into mountains, among rice paddies and through towns with tiled roofs where villagers pride themselves on their Shikoku hospitality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
With some 40% of the world's population living within 100km of coastlines, many airports have been built on low-lying areas near the sea.
From BBC ● Sep. 5, 2026
For three days, they traveled over seas and islands and coastlines, and then they spotted the Juggernaut, floating on the waves of the northern ocean.
From "The Wild Robot Protects" by Peter Brown
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