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Definition: Coastal Plain |
Coastal PlainNoun1. A plain adjacent to a coast. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | Low, generally broad plain that has its margin on an oceanic shore and its strata either horizontal or very gently sloping toward the water, generally representing a strip of recently prograded or emerged sea floor. Source: European Union. (references) |
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Crosswords: Coastal Plain |
| English words defined with "coastal plain": Lyonia mariana ♦ Piedmont ♦ stagger bush, staggerbush ♦ tidewater. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "coastal plain": continental terrace ♦ gravel plain placer ♦ salt dome. (references) |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | ![]() | North Inlet - Winyah Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Canebrake rattlesnakes, common in the coastal plain of South Carolina, are infrequent visitors salt marsh edges. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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Economic History | Togo | Terrain: Savannah and hills and coastal plain. (references) |
Suriname | Most Surinamers live in the narrow, northern coastal plain. (references) | |
Guyana | Terrain: Coastal plain, inland highlands, rain forest, savanna. (references) | |
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| Language | Translations for "coastal plain"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | kystslette, kystflade. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | kustvlakte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | rantatasanne (beach plain, foreland, strand plain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | plaine littorale, plaine côtière. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Küstenebene. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | παράκτια πεδιάδα, παράκτια λεκάνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | pianura litorale, pianura costiera (beach plain, foreland, strand plain). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 海岸平野 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | かいが"へいや. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oastalcay ainplay praia sobreelevada. (various references) kustslätt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-l-n-o-p-s-t" | |
-2 letters: altiplanos, anaplastic, placations, spallation. | |
-3 letters: allantoic, allantois, altiplano, aplanatic, caponatas, placation, talapoins. | |
-4 letters: acapnias, alations, ancillas, aplastic, callants, cantalas, capitals, capitols, caponata, captains, captions, catalpas, coalpits, lanitals, localist, pactions, palatals, palatial, platinas, platonic, postanal, santalic, santalol, scallion, stallion, talapoin, tapiocas. | |
-5 letters: acapnia, actinal, actions, alation, alnicos, alpacas, ancilla, anopias, anopsia, apicals, aplasia, apostil, asocial. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-l-n-o-p-s-t" | |
+4 letters: psychoanalytical. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6F 61 73 74 61 6C      50 6C 61 69 6E |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101111 01100001 01110011 01110100 01100001 01101100 00100000 01010000 01101100 01100001 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C o a s t a l   P l a i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006F 0061 0073 0074 0061 006C      0050 006C 0061 0069 006E |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3781678586677825078677580 |
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