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examples of shorelines

Shoreline: strip of land where the sea meets the land.
examples of shorelines Steep rock-faced shoreline shaped by the sea. Deep glacial valleys filled with seawater and cutting into the shoreline. Usually narrow ridge of sand or pebbles bordering the shoreline. Section of the coastline where sediment builds up at the mouth of a river, divided into several arms. Ring-shaped coral-reef island enclosing a lagoon and often a central island. Shallow expanse of water separated from the sea by a coral reef. Coastal valleys that are filled by the sea and get shallower inland.

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watercourse

shore cliff

Steep rock-faced shoreline shaped by the sea.

fjords

Deep glacial valleys filled with seawater and cutting into the shoreline.

barrier beach

Usually narrow ridge of sand or pebbles bordering the shoreline.

delta

Section of the coastline where sediment builds up at the mouth of a river, divided into several arms.
watercourse
watercourse

atoll

Ring-shaped coral-reef island enclosing a lagoon and often a central island.

lagoon

Shallow expanse of water separated from the sea by a coral reef.

rias

Coastal valleys that are filled by the sea and get shallower inland.