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View synonyms for coastal plain

coastal plain

noun

  1. a plain extending along a coast.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of coastal plain1

An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900

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Example Sentences

Mofaz'€™s constituents on the affluent coastal plain will be looking for progress on the Palestinian front and he knows it.

A plateau is defined as a high lowland; therefore, this section is higher in elevation than the Coastal Plain region.

Both specimens were found beneath rocks in tropical semi-deciduous forest at an elevation of 15 meters on the coastal plain.

The car turned from the fort and the mountains and shot away over the foothills toward the coastal plain.

It lies partly upon the north-east slope of the great Brazilian plateau, and partly upon the sandy coastal plain.

The sandy, coastal plain, with a width of 12 to 18 m., is nearly bare of vegetation.

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