[Qgis-user] Country coastal borders

Christine geo.guide at web.de
Wed May 5 08:50:04 PDT 2021


Hi Pat and others,

checked in an old textbook of my years of study: 
The *Mean High Water* (MHW) line forms the actual beach line or bank line. 

/[source: Wilhelmy, H. (1981): Geomorphologie in Stichworten. III Exogene
Morphodynamik. Kiel, Germany. p. 103]/

regards, Christine


chris hermansen wrote
> On Wed, May 5, 2021 at 8:10 AM Pat Brown <

> mistyhaven@

> > wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>>     What constitutes a coastline? Is it the high water mark, the low
>> water
>> mark, something intermediate, the claimed territorial waters or something
>> else? I would also guess that this would differ depending on whether
>> political or geographical.





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