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COAST. The margin of a country bounded by the sea. This term includes the natural appendages of the territory which rise out of the water, although they are not of sufficient firmness to be inhabited or fortified. Shoals perpetually covered with water are not, however, comprehended under the name of coast. The small islands, situate at the mouth of the Mississippi, composed of earth and trees drifted down by the river, which are not of consistency enough to support the purposes of life, and are uninhabited, though resorted to for shooting birds, were held to form a part of the coast. 5 Rob. Adm. R. 385. (c).

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Other studies have interpreted the presence or absence of raised coastal features as evidence for late Quaternary variation of the West Spitsbergen Current (Bruckner et al., 2002; Bruckner and Schellman, 2003).

Raised gravel beaches as proxy indicators of past sea-ice and wave conditions, Lowther Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago

Late Holocene lake level changes and predominant wind directions can be recognized in the geomorphic distribution of coastal features and deposits throughout the upper Great Lakes, and these geomorphic signatures can be used as valuable reconnaissance tools.

Geomorphic expression of Late Holocene lake levels and Paleowinds in the upper Great Lakes

Several of the coastal features along this stretch of coastline received Western place names during the Dease and Simpson expedition in 1837, and the majority of those features had been lost by the early 1900s as a result of coastline erosion, suggesting that erosion has been active over at least the historical record.

Modern erosion rates and loss of coastal features and sites, Beaufort Sea coastline, Alaska

Profusely illustrated throughout, "Antiquities of Rural Ireland" is organized and presented eight distinctively thematic sections: Agriculture; Food Processing; Settlement; Getting Around; Local Enterprises; Coastal Features; Ritual and Ceremony.

Antiquities of Rural Ireland

CLEAR weather conditions on this route open up sweeping views of heather moorland and dramatic coastal features close to Ravenscar.

Wonderful when the coast is clear; this week bob woodhouse visits howdale moor and brow

The machine-learning-based method is useful for identifying these various coastal features with different spectral-reflectance characteristics, which means that using the machine-learning-based method is better than using the water-index-based method for mapping shorelines using multispectral image sources.

Comparison between a Machine-Learning-Based Method and a Water-Index-Based Method for Shoreline Mapping Using a High-Resolution Satellite Image Acquired in Hwado Island, South Korea

This collaborative project throws a light on an area not particularly in the public eye but with a mixture of urban, rural and coastal features. Until December 23 at the Williamson Art Gallery and Museum, Birkenhead.

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'Sea stacks are generally temporary coastal features,' says Bezore, 'with a lifespan of 100 to perhaps 1,000 years.' This is true of the original Apostles which, over a few hundred years, have eroded from the limestone headland to form nine stacks (despite the titular 'twelve').

The drowned apostles

Those two attractions, as well as other skyscrapers, major maritime projects and coastal features, will be captured in the frame of view when the Dubai Frame is complete.