Littoral Synonyms

lĭtər-əl
The region of the shore of a lake or sea or ocean
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. litoral
  2. littoral-zone
  3. sands
Relating to the coastal zone between the limits of high and low tides. The littoral zone is subject to a wide range of environmental conditions, including high-energy wave action and intermittent periods of flooding and drying along with the associated fluctuations in exposure to solar radiation and extremes of temperature.
Synonyms:
  1. sublittoral
  2. supralittoral
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Words Related to Littoral

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sub-littoral
  2. nearshore
  3. deep water
  4. morphodynamics
  5. longshore
  6. subtidal

Littoral Sentence Examples

  • The tea plant thrives and is being planted fairly rapidly on the Black Sea littoral in Transcaucasia.

  • To the former belong the Black Sea littoral, where the rainfall averages 59 to 93 in.

  • In an unsuccessful war against the Croats (1322-26), from which Venice derived the sole advantage, the ban appears to have learned the value of sea-power; immediately afterwards he occupied the principality of Ilium and the Dalmatian littoral between Spalato and the river Narenta.

  • The crocodile and cayman occur in the swampy littoral of the south.

  • The southern littoral is also (except in sheltered points such as Santiago, which is one of the hottest cities of the island) somewhat cooler than the northern.

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