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622: 629: 1091: 1172: 25: 1115: 206:'s north, is an example of an emergent coastline. It is still emerging by as much as 1 cm per year. Another example of emergent coastline is the 277: 1213: 1156: 89: 61: 68: 42: 973: 108: 75: 978: 270: 1071: 963: 621: 57: 46: 1206: 833: 760: 665: 628: 236: 1242: 1149: 690: 125:
is a stretch along the coast that has been exposed by the sea by a relative fall in sea levels by either
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refers to a fertile low-lying raised beach found on some of the coastlines of
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Section of coast exposed by a relative fall in sea levels
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