For what it is worth, the following definition appears in the United States
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972:
The term "coastal zone" means the coastal waters (including the lands
therein and thereunder) and the adjacent shorelands (including the waters
therein and thereunder), strongly influenced by each other and in proximity
to the shorelines of the several coastal states, and includes islands,
transitional and intertidal areas, salt marshes, wetlands, and beaches.
> Dr. Gary Jeffress, R.P.L.S.
> Professor of Geographic Information Science
> GIScience Program
> Department of Computing and Mathematical Sciences
> Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
> 6300 Ocean Drive
> Corpus Christi, Texas 78412
> Phone (361) 825-2720
> Fax (361) 825-2795
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> Room CI317
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