Sentence examples for low-lying shore from inspiring English sources

Supporters argue that the project will strengthen the island and that, in turn, will protect low-lying shore communities across Great South Bay.

North of the ridge the land falls to the marshy and low-lying shore of the Thames estuary, and to the south there is an area of clays and sands forming a rolling wooded region known as The Weald.

A three-foot rise in sea level — which could well occur by the 2080s — could turn major storms into minor apocalypses, inundating low-lying shore communities in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, and Long Island; shutting down the city's metropolitan transportation system; flooding the highways that surround the city; and rendering the tunnels that lead into the city impassable.

Términos Lagoon and other lagoons and swamps dot the low-lying shores along the bay.

One of the earliest on record rose along the eastern shores of the Mediterranean in 358 A.D., passed completely over islands, and flooded low-lying shores, depositing boats on the housetops of Alexandria, and drowning thousands of people.

Many islands, the largest of which is Tansín, dot its waters, and its low-lying shores are lined with dense tropical rainforests, which yield mahogany and cedar; shrimp are caught in the lagoon.

Public awareness of the risk is crucial, especially among those who live near the lake or visit low-lying resorts on the shore, says geologist Alan Ramelli of the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology in Reno.

In Denham, a storm surge of 2 m broke the town's retaining wall and flooded low-lying areas along the shore.

The low-lying and irregular eastern shores were interrupted in the north by the huge delta of the Syr Darya and were bordered in the south by a wide tract of shallow water.

The famously low-lying Dead Sea area — with shores more than 1,000 feet below sea level — is prone to flash flooding when rainwater rushes down from adjacent hills.

Canvey Island, low-lying island on the north shore of the Thames estuary, Castle Point borough, administrative and historic county of Essex, England.