Coast
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A coast is the land next to the sea or the line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. Coasts are influenced by the topography of the surrounding landscape and by aquatic er
Sunrise on the Jersey Shore coastline at Spring Lake, New Jersey, U.S. The coastal waters of the Northeast megalopolis constitute one of the fastest-warming urban ocean shorelines in the world.
Rugged coastline of the West Coast Region of New Zealand
Somalia has the longest coastline in Africa.
Atlantic rocky coastline, showing a surf area. Porto Covo, west coast of Portugal
Beach
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A beach is a landform alongside a body of water which consists of loose particles. The particles composing a beach are typically made from rock, such as sand, gravel, shingle, pebbles, etc., or biolog
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…seaweeds. In physical oceanography, a shore is the wider fringe that is geologically modified by the action of the body of water past and present, and the beach is at the edge of the shore, including the intertidal zone where there is one. Along tropical coasts with clear, nutrient-poor water, coral reefs can…
A recreational beach in Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Lake beach along the Lake Lavarone, Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
St Oswalds Bay, Dorset, England. Wild sand and shingle beaches are shaped and maintained naturally by wave actions.
Quartz sand particles and shell fragments from a beach. The primary component of typical beach sand is quartz, or silica (SiO2).