Reaven, a metabolic endocrinologist at Stanford Medical Center, denigrates the study.
coast a coastline or seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean a precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the dynamic nature of tides the term coastal zone can be used instead which is a spatial zone where interaction of the sea and land processes occurs
Other coastal categories: 1  A cliffed coast or abrasion coast is one where marine action has produced steep declivities known as cliffs. 2  A flat coast is one where the land gradually descends into the sea. 3  A graded shoreline is one where wind and water action has produced a flat and straight coastline.ugged coastline of the West Coast Region of New Zealand. A coastline or a seashore is the area where land meets the sea or ocean, or a line that forms the boundary between the land and the ocean or a lake. A precise line that can be called a coastline cannot be determined due to the Coastline paradox.