Emergent coastline Emergent coastline An emergent coastline is a stretch along the coast that has been exposed by the sea by a relative fall in sea levels by either isostasy or eustasy. Emergent coastline are the opposite of submergent coastlines, which have experienced a relative rise in sea levels. The emergent coastline may have several specific landforms: 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 (especially the Outer Hebrides. Hudson Bay, in Canada's north, is an example of an emergent coastline. It is still emerging by
John Longest John Longest John Isbell Longest (April 24, 1860 – March 21, 1933) was a teacher, farmer and Democratic legislator from Troy, Mississippi. Longest was born on April 24, 1860, in Lee County, the son of Ruffin Longest and Sarah Louis (Thompson) Longest. His paternal ancestors came from Virginia; his great-grandfather, James Longest, served in the American Revolutionary War; the maternal line was Scotch-Irish, and settled in Alabama. Mr. Longest attended country schools assiduously in youth, a paternal order always keeping him at his desk throughout the ten months' session; he entered and graduated from Iuka Normal Institute in 1889, with