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coastal plain
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  coastal plain - a plain adjacent to a coast dry land, ground, solid ground, terra firma, earth, land - the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"tidewater - low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams |
coastal plain
coastal plain[′kōs·təl ′plān] (geology) An extensive, low-relief area that is bounded by the sea on one side and by a high-relief province on the landward side. Its geologic province actually extends beyond the shoreline across the continental shelf; it is linked to the stable part of a continent on the trailing edge of a plate. Typically, it has strata that dip gently and uniformly toward the sea. coastal plain
Words related to coastal plainnoun a plain adjacent to a coastRelated Words- dry land
- ground
- solid ground
- terra firma
- earth
- land
- tidewater
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