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Coast Mountains
(Encyclopedia) Coast Mountains, range, W British Columbia and SE Alaska, extending c.1,000 mi (1,610 km) parallel to the Pacific coast, from the mountains of Alaska near the Yukon border to the…coast protection
(Encyclopedia) coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the…Coast Ranges
(Encyclopedia) Coast Ranges, series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from SE Alaska to Baja California; from 2,000 to 20,000 ft (610–6,100 m) high. The ranges…Coast Salish
(Encyclopedia) Coast Salish: see Salish.Barbary Coast
(Encyclopedia) Barbary CoastBarbary Coastbärˈbərē [key], waterfront area of San Francisco, Calif., in the years after the 1849 gold rush. Gamblers, gangsters, prostitutes, and confidence men…Slave Coast
(Encyclopedia) Slave Coast, name given by European traders to the coast bordering the Bight of Benin on the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It was the principal source of slaves from W Africa from the 16th…Pirate Coast
(Encyclopedia) Pirate Coast: see United Arab Emirates.Trucial Coast
(Encyclopedia) Trucial Coast: see United Arab Emirates.Coromandel Coast
(Encyclopedia) Coromandel CoastCoromandel Coastkŏrˌəmănˈdəl [key], east coast of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states, SE India, stretching more than 400 mi (644 km) from Point Calimere, opposite the…George V Coast
(Encyclopedia) George V Coast, region: see Antarctica.Trending
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