See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

COAST (from See also:

• LAT

Lat. See also:

• COSTA, GIOVANNI (1826–1903)
• COSTA, LORENZO (146o-r535)
• COSTA, SIR MICHAEL ANDREW AGNUS (1808-1884)

costa, a See also:

• RIB (from 0. Eng. ribb; the word appears' in many Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Rippe, Swed. reb)

rib, See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side)  , the See also:

• PART

part of the See also:

• LAND

land which meets the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea in a See also:

• LINE

line of more or less See also:

• REGULAR

regular See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form . The word is sometimes applied to the See also:

• BANK

bank of a See also:

• RIVER

river or See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

lake, and sometimes to a region (cf . See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

Gold See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

Coast, Coromandel Coast) which may include the See also:

• HINTERLAND (German for " the land behind ")

hinterland . If the coast-line runs parallel to a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain range, such as the See also:

• ANDES

Andes, it has usually a more regular form than when, as in the rias coast of See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, it crosses the crustal folds . Again, a recently elevated coast is more regular than one that has been See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long exposed to See also:

• WAVE

wave See also:

• ACTION

action . A recently depressed coast will show the irregularities that were impressed upon the See also:

• SURFACE

surface before submergence . Wave erosion and the action of marine currents are the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief agents in coast See also:

• SCULPTURE
• SCULPTURE (Lat. sculptura, from sculpere, to carve, cognate with Gr. yXb4ew)

sculpture . A coast of homogeneous See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock exposed to similar action will See also:

• PRESENT

present a regular outline, but if exposed to See also:

• DIFFERENTIAL

differential action it will be embayed where that action is greatest . A coast consisting of rocks of unequal hardness or of unequal structure will present headlands, " stacks " and " needles " of hard rocks, and bays of softer or more loosely aggregated rocks, when the wave and current action is similar throughout . The See also:

• SOUTHERN

southern See also:

• SHORE

shore-line of the Isle of See also:

• WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight and the western coast of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales are See also:

• SIMPLE

simple examples of this differential resistance . In See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time the coast becomes " mature " and its outline undergoes little See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change as it gradually recedes, for the hard rock being now more exposed is worn away faster, but the softer rock more slowly because it is protected in the bays and re-entrants .