inland
The coastal resorts are deserted in winter.冬季海滨胜地游客稀少。
Marine biologists are concerned about the effects of untreated sewage that is flowing into coastal waters.海洋生物学家对污水未经处理就排入近海海域的后果很担心。
Accumulations of sand can be formed by the action of waves on coastal beaches.由于海浪的冲击作用，海滩上会堆积沙子。
A tidal surge caused severe flooding in coastal areas.
St Lucia depends on its clean coastal waters because fishing and tourism provide much of its income.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Coasts & beaches
barrier reef
beachcomb
beachcomber
beachcombing
beachfront
esplanade
frontage
groin
low-lying
riviera
sand
shingly
shore
strand
swash
the Amalfi Coast
the seashore
the seaside
tide pool
tombolo

coastal | American Dictionary

coastal
adjective[ not gradable ]
us/ˈkoʊ·stəl/
near the coast:
coastal waters
coastal communities

Examples of coastal

coastal
The introduction of iron improved the effectiveness of coastal rice-growing technology.
All of these are reasonable for a large class of coastal trapped waves.
The seriously polluted advanced regions are coastal, and the lightly polluted under-developed regions are all landlocked.
This study demonstrates that careful adaptation to sea level rise can reduce the cost of coastal impacts dramatically.
His idea of a delegation going to coastal areas for alleged purpose of attracting investment may well be an excuse for a sight-seeing trip.
Popular locations for convalescent institutions were in rural areas or coastal resorts thought to be conducive to recuperation.
Equally, once the students had arrived in the coastal areas there was no systematic machinery of oppression in place.
Coastal zones are highly favoured for settlements by human communities, with often deleterious effects for offshore marine communities.
Concerns about the impacts of coastal sewage discharges have led to the mapping of sewage plumes around outfalls from a number of research stations.
This approach is sometimes known as coastal navigation.
At first, the paths were used by highlanders mining salt in the coastal saltpans.
A coastal route was one of the most important in this network and permitted the transport of products for the consumption of the regional elite.
Similarly, the development of export markets for mangrove crabs and coastal fish could lead to unsustainable catch levels and a consequent drop in marketable value.
Granulometry of the conglomeratic layers appears to indicate that coastal gravel beds were subsequently reworked by fluvial activities.
Other ticks were only found on the mammals examined in the forests and the coastal zone.
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