coastal plain

Thursday’s announcement follows last month’s news that the Interior Department will also open the entire coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.

During the Ice Age, sea levels dropped more than 100 meters, revealing vast coastal plains that are now underwater.

The vast coastal plain grows most of the nation’s celery, along with beans, strawberries, onions and peppers, according to UC Davis data.

Unlike the flat coastal plains of Gaza, southern Lebanon has rolling hills and some mountainous terrain that makes it difficult for tanks to move easily without fear of being ambushed.

The National Weather Service has issued an excessive heat warning for much of the Los Angeles area — including the inland coastal plain all the way to the Santa Monica Mountains — until 8 p.m.