Gulf Coast of the United States Pensacola, St. Petersburg, Tampa, and increasingly, Sarasota. All are the centers of their respective metropolitan areas and contain large ports. (Baton Rouge is relatively far from the Gulf of Mexico; its port is on the Mississippi River, as is the port of New Orleans.) The Gulf Coast is made of many inlets, bays, and lagoons. The coast is also intersected by numerous rivers, the largest of which is the Mississippi River. Much of the land along the Gulf Coast is, or was, marshland. Ringing the Gulf Coast is the Gulf Coastal Plain which reaches from Southern Texas to the western
Rugby union in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf come under the AGRFU banner, but will become independent of it in the near future. The Arabian Gulf rugby union team had mixed results at the 2007 Asian Nations Series. The squad was involved in two one-sided matches, losing to Kazakhstan by a score of 49–9, and defeating Sri Lanka by a score of 52–11 Rugby union in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf Rugby union in the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is a minor, but growing sport. The Arabian Gulf rugby union team is currently ranked 40th in the International Rugby Board's world rankings which ranks