coastal features
Where land meets ocean
Coastal features are the natural formations found where land meets sea—cliffs, beaches, dunes, estuaries, headlands, bays, and the like.
The term appears in geography education and environmental planning: Students learned to identify coastal features on the field trip.
Erosion, tides, and wave action continuously reshape these landforms.
- sandy beachGranular coastal shoreline
- seawallCoastal erosion barrier
- sea wallCoastal flood defense structure
- beachSandy waterside margin
- mangrove forestCoastal woodland of salt-tolerant trees
salt marsh · jetty · cliff · headland · fjord · intertidal zone · tidal flat · spit · lagoon · sea stack · boardwalk · arch · sea cave · dune · high tide line · rocky shore · lighthouse · coral reef
coastal featureshinterland
Remote area beyond settlements
backcountry · steppe · prairie · tundra · continental shelf
coastal featuresalpine terrain
High mountain environment
mesa · mountain peaks · tablelands · high country · continental divide
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