word | | Geography - note |
| coast | Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) | deeply indented coast provides good natural harbors; short growing season |
| coast | Greenland | ... dominates North Atlantic Ocean between North America and Europe; sparse population confined to small settlements along coast; close to one-quarter of the population lives in the capital, Nuuk; world's second ... |
| coast | Guatemala | no natural harbors on west coast |
| coast | Guinea-Bissau | this small country is swampy along its western coast and low-lying inland |
| coast | Honduras | has only a short Pacific coast but a long Caribbean shoreline, including the virtually uninhabited eastern Mosquito Coast |
| coast | Montenegro | strategic location along the Adriatic coast |
| coast | Papua New Guinea | shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast |
| coast | Puerto Rico | ... of the biggest and best natural harbors in the Caribbean; many small rivers and high central mountains ensure land is well watered; south coast relatively dry; fertile coastal plain belt in north |
| coast | Sierra Leone | rainfall along the coast can reach 495 cm (195 inches) a year, making it one of the wettest places along coastal, western Africa |
| coast | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | the north coast of South Georgia has several large bays, which provide good anchorage; reindeer, introduced early in the 20th century, live on South Georgia |
| coast | Suriname | ... on South American continent; mostly tropical rain forest; great diversity of flora and fauna that, for the most part, is increasingly threatened by new development; relatively small population, mostly along the coast |
| coast | Trinidad and Tobago | Pitch Lake, on Trinidad's southwestern coast, is the world's largest natural reservoir of asphalt |
| coast | Western Sahara | the waters off the coast are particularly rich fishing areas |
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