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Emergent coastlines are stretches along the coast that have been exposed by the sea due to a relative fall in sea levels. This occurs due to either isostasy or eustasy. ==Background== Emergent coastline are the opposite of submergent coastlines which have experienced a relative rise in sea-levels. The specific landform of an emergent coastline may be: * Raised beach or machair * Wave cut platform * Sea cave such as King's Cave, Isle of Arran The Scottish Gaelic word ''machair'' or ''machar'' refers to a fertile low-lying raised beach found on some of the coastlines of Ireland and Scotland, in particular the Outer Hebrides. Hudson Bay, in Canada's north, is an example of an emergent coastline. It is still emerging by as much as one cm/year. Another example of emergent coastline is the Eastern Coastal Plains of the Indian Subcontinent. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Emergent coastline」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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