shoreline
English
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shoreline (plural shorelines)
- The divide between land and a body of water.
- 1987 October, Charles E. Cobb, Jr., “North Carolina's Outer Banks”, in National Geographic, volume 172, number 4, page 512:
- Owners of homes on eroding beaches are encouraged to move back from the shoreline.
- 2022 September 3, Taylor Romine and Jason Hanna, “An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area”, in CNN[1]:
- An algae bloom has killed thousands of fish in the San Francisco Bay Area in recent weeks, officials say, forcing shoreline cleanups, spreading unpleasant odor and spurring scientists to further investigate the extent of the ecological damage.
- 2026 September 27, CalMatters, “How Airbnb is fighting for its place on California's coast”, in San Francisco Chronicle[2], archived from the original on 28 September 2026:
- Houses are nestled into nearly every inch of buildable land, surrounded by open space and next to a shoreline known for its surfing and the country’s most scenic Taco Bell.
- The line on a map that illustrates this.
Derived terms
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[edit]the divide between land and water — see also coast
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line on a map