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Litus
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Litus (-oris, n.) est finis maris vel oceani,[1] regio continentis vel insulae ubi aqua et terra conveniunt,[2] vel linea quae fines terrae et oceani vel lacús est.[3] Exactus autem linea quae linea litoralis vere appellari potest paradoxi litoralis causa determinari non potest.
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Litus pelagicum est litus quod oceano aperto adiacet, contra regionem protectam in sinu vel portu; ora autem est regio quae alicui magno corpori aquae adiacet, oceanis lacubusque non exceptis.