Gulf Coast
Texas-to-Florida shoreline
The Gulf Coast is the coastal region of the southern United States bordering the Gulf of Mexico, stretching from Texas through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida.
The area is known for its seafood, oil industry, humid climate, and vulnerability to hurricanes: Residents along the Gulf Coast are evacuating ahead of the storm. (Lowercase gulf coast describes any coastline along a gulf.)
- Deepwater HorizonFailed offshore drilling platform
- oil spillPetroleum released into water
- LouisianaGulf Coast pelican state
- bayouMarshy, slow-moving waterway
- oil rigsOffshore drilling platforms
Cajun cuisine · crawfish boil · hurricanes · Texas · Florida · Mississippi · Alabama · New Orleans · Galveston · Katrina · storm surge · shrimping · fishing village · Mardi Gras · seafood festivals · petroleum · offshore · Everglades
- Florida Coastsandy beach, Florida Keys, Key West, Miami Beach, Daytona Beach
- Florida HistorySt. Augustine, Ponce de Leon, Everglades, Spanish exploration, Seminole
- Mississippi GeographyMississippi River, Pearl River
- Southern LandformsAppalachians, Blue Ridge Mountains, Mississippi Delta, coastal plain, Everglades
- Texas LandformsRio Grande, Colorado River, Red River, barrier islands, salt domes
- Texas mapscounty maps, highway map, road atlas, Texas border, state borders
Gulf CoastAtlantic Coast
Shoreline-named sports league
Eastern Seaboard · Pacific Coast · West Coast · East Coast · New England coast
Gulf Coastinterior
Inside area or region
heartland · Midwest · Great Plains · inland · Rocky Mountain region