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Malabar Coast

(Encyclopedia)Malabar Coast mălˈəbär [key], SW coast of India stretching c.525 mi (845 km) from Goa to the southern tip of the peninsula at Kanniyakumri (Cape Comorin), primarily in Kerala state and the norther...

Cape Coast

(Encyclopedia)Cape Coast, town (1984 pop. 57,224), capital of Central Region, S Ghana, on the Gulf of Guinea. Known locally as Gna or Oegna, the town is an export port and fishing center. The town originated as an ...

Slave Coast

(Encyclopedia)Slave Coast, name given by European traders to the coast bordering the Bight of Benin on the Gulf of Guinea, W Africa. It was the principal source of slaves from W Africa from the 16th cent. to the mi...

Coromandel Coast

(Encyclopedia)Coromandel Coast kŏrˌəmănˈdəl [key], east coast of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh states, SE India, stretching more than 400 mi (644 km) from Point Calimere, opposite the northern tip of Sri Lank...

Coast Salish

(Encyclopedia)Coast Salish: see Salish.

George V Coast

(Encyclopedia)George V Coast, region: see Antarctica. ...

Trucial Coast

(Encyclopedia)Trucial Coast: see United Arab Emirates. ...

Ivory Coast

(Encyclopedia)Ivory Coast: see Côte d'Ivoire. ...

Pirate Coast

(Encyclopedia)Pirate Coast: see United Arab Emirates. ...

coast protection

(Encyclopedia)coast protection, methods used to protect coastal lands from erosion. Beaches can exist only where a delicate dynamic equilibrium exists between the amount of sand supplied to the beach and the inevit...