coastal plain

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Their ridges tower up to 3,000 feet over the coastal plain where 70% of Israel’s population and Ben Gurion Airport reside.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Far from the remote mountain landscape you might imagine, Perrier's water is pumped from deep aquifers in the coastal plain between Nîmes and Montpellier, a short drive from the Mediterranean.

From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025

The Houthis command the Tihamah coastal plain, the eastern littoral of the Red Sea.

From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024

The low-lying coastal plain of Georgia hosts thousands of Native American cultural sites, historic colonial sites, and more, representing the physical cultural heritage of the region.

From Science Daily • Feb. 28, 2024

Hawk Mountain is a picturesque mountaintop in southeastern Pennsylvania, where the easternmost ridges of the Appalachians form a last barrier to the westerly winds before dropping away toward the coastal plain.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson