rias coastn.
/ˈriːəs ˌkəʊst/, U.S. /ˈriəs ˌkoʊst/ Physical Geography.
= ria coast at ria n. Compounds.
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seasidec1275
the sea's sidea1400
seasides1532
shoreside1571
sea-linea1687
seaboard1788
waterline1789
shoreline1811
sea-edge1820
coast-line1861
ocean line1870
ria coast1899
rias coast1899
1899 H. R. Mill Internat. Geogr. 425 The indented rias-coast is fringed by many picturesque islands which unite with those of the Balkan peninsula to form the Greek Archipelago.
1924 J. G. A. Skerl tr. A. Wegener Orig. Continents & Oceans 53 These strongly planed-down chains..stretch..westwards so as to form a wild jagged type of coast (the so-called rias-coast) in south-western Ireland and Brittany.
1986 Jrnl. Coastal Res. 2 464 (caption) The southern part of Sanriku is well known as a rias coast subject to damage by tsunami.
1995 M. Panizza Environmental Geomorphol. iii. 125 An example of the former can be found in north-eastern Sardinia, where rias coast morphologies are frequent, i.e., derived from fluvial valleys submerged by sea.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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