Sentence examples for ocean coasts from inspiring English sources

In 2003 and 2004, two national commissions, the Pew Oceans Commission and the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy, called for the establishment of a national policy to better protect our nation's valuable ocean, coasts and Great Lakes.

Federal insurance officials say that only a quarter of Americans living in the most dangerous flood zones, along ocean coasts and the banks of rivers like the Mississippi, have flood insurance.

Mangroves grow along the ocean coasts of 118 countries – with a quarter of the world's 40m hectares being in south-east Asia – but with widespread deforestation due to population pressure, expansion of shrimp farms and development, scientists fear mangroves may disappear altogether in as little as 100 years.

In this paper, we have analyzed remote sensing data of the ocean coasts lying near the epicenters of recent four major earthquakes (Gujarat of January 26 , 2001 Andaman of September 13 , 2002 Algeria of May 21 , 2002and Bam, Iran earthquake of December 26 , 2003, our detailed analysis shows increase of Chlorophyll-a (Chl-a) concentration associated with these recent earthquakes.

America needs a comprehensive national policy to protect our ocean, coasts and Great Lakes today and for future generations.

They grow in sandy soils, lawns, and in habitats with a high salt concentration, like along ocean coasts and salt marshes.

It's nearly a hundred and fifty thousand acres, with no amenities and many miles of uninhabited ocean coast.

Thin cords tether kitesurfers to large half-moon canopies, the engine that provides lift, speed and power as they jump waves and traverse the ocean coast for miles.

It is an archetypal American match pitting a city-slick team from an ocean coast against plodding farm boys from the heartland.

The article "Stalking a Killer That Lurks Just a Few Feet Offshore" (June 7) states that rip current drownings occur in every state with an ocean coast.

Assateague has been an island only since 1933, when a storm breaching the dunes just south of Ocean City, Md. cut off the southern part of the Fenwick Peninsula, which had extended from southern Delaware down the whole ocean coast of Maryland & 12 miles into Virginia.