littoral
沿岸,海岸线,沿岸地区,近海
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Definitions
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- : of or relating to the shore of a lake, sea, or ocean.
- : of or relating to the biogeographic region between the sublittoral zone and the high-water line and sometimes including the supralittoral zone above the high-water line.
- : of or relating to the region of freshwater lake beds from the sublittoral zone up to and including damp areas on shore.Compare intertidal.
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- : a littoral region.
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Examples
ASW assets and crews have been diverted to reconnaissance missions in overland and littoral wars.
But the real winners here are not likely to be the largely suburban masses but a new, heavily urban littoral ruling class.
The new Divisions will find the Mudros littoral on arrival better prepared for their reception than it was a month ago.
Mexican national life has not developed much upon the littoral.
And fine as it is on the strong coast, it is beautiful on the weak littoral and the imperilled levels of a northern beach.
Nor would it be easy to imagine, from the point of view of defense, either a bay of littoral with greater natural advantages.
In general, the main strife may be said to have been waged between the provinces of the littoral and those of the Far West.