coastal plain
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of coastal plain
An Americanism dating back to 1895–1900
Example Sentences
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Their ridges tower up to 3,000 feet over the coastal plain where 70% of Israel’s population and Ben Gurion Airport reside.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026
The vast coastal plain grows most of the nation’s celery, along with beans, strawberries, onions and peppers, according to UC Davis data.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2025
Far from the remote mountain landscape you might imagine, Perrier's water is pumped from deep aquifers in the coastal plain between Nîmes and Montpellier, a short drive from the Mediterranean.
From BBC • Aug. 8, 2025
The Houthis command the Tihamah coastal plain, the eastern littoral of the Red Sea.
From Salon • Jul. 14, 2024
Situated in the coastal plain of southwest Alabama, the fertile, rich black soil of the area attracted white settlers from the Carolinas who amassed very successful plantations and a huge slave population.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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