Sentences with phrase «extended seaward»

Before the sea rose, there was a coastal plain for 2000 kilometres along Queensland's eastern coastline that extended seaward for approximately 200 kilometres.

The Sanctuary boundary begins at the Mean High Water Line of and extends seaward to a distance of approximately six (nmi) from the following islands and offshore rocks: San Miguel Island, Santa Cruz Island, Santa Rosa Island, Anacapa Island, Santa Barbara Island, Richardson Rock, and Castle Rock (the Islands).

Approximately 75 cayes are in the Placencia / Laughing Bird Caye Coastal Planning Region (from the mouth of the South Stann Creek River to the Mouth of Monkey River, extending seaward to include the Meso - American Barrier Reef, with Norval Caye in the north, Pompion Caye in the south, and Gladden Spit in the east).

Not exact matches

The aftershocks clustered around the periphery of the rupture zone, both on the seaward and landward side of the plate boundary and reflected normal faulting behavior — caused by the bending, extending or stretching of rock — rather than the thrust faulting of the mainshock.

For Texas and the Gulf Coast of Florida, jurisdiction extends from the coast to 3 marine leagues (9 nautical miles) seaward from the baseline from which the breadth of the territorial sea is measured.