For 41 years the ship sailed round Britain's western coasts and Ireland delivering cargo.
The winter monsoon brings rough seas and causes coastal erosion along the western coasts of Japan.
Each year, starting in May, whales make their way north along the eastern and western coasts, heading for warmer waters to breed before returning south for the summer.
French fishermen were allowed to continue a seasonal fishery on what became known as the "French Shore," situated on a stretch of the northeastern and western coasts.
Important nonedible marine products include the corals of Naples and the sponges of the Dodecanese islands, the Gulf of Gabes, and the western coasts of Egypt.
Surabaya is linked by rail and road to the eastern and western coasts of Java and is thus in communication with the other chief cities of the island.
Choughs are birds of the Celtic fringe too: found along the western coasts of Wales, Scotland and Ireland - and now, it seems, Cornwall.
Precipitation varies from more than 100 inches (2,540 mm) on the northern and western coasts to 300 inches (7,620 mm) inland.
The sarsaparilla plants (Spanish zarza, "bramble," and parrilla, "little vine") are native to the southern and western coasts of Mexico to Peru.
A branch of the warm North Atlantic Drift, however, moderates the climate and leaves an open passage that permits vessels to approach the western coasts during most months.
In the south and along the western coasts people are by and large wealthier, healthier, better educated and there are slower-growing populations of smaller families.
