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
Thursday’s announcement follows last month’s news that the Interior Department will also open the entire coastal plain of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas leasing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 20, 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
Hawk Mountain is a picturesque mountaintop in southeastern Pennsylvania, where the easternmost ridges of the Appalachians form a last barrier to the westerly winds before dropping away toward the coastal plain.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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