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English: coastal squeeze

Welsh: gwasgfa arfordirol

Part of speech

Noun, Feminine, Singular

Plural

gwasgfâu arfordirol

Definition

An environmental situation where the coastal margin is squeezed between the fixed landward boundary (artificial or otherwise) and the rising sea level.

Context

Y newid yn yr hinsawdd, llygredd, gwasgfa arfordirol, rhywogaethau goresgynnol, sbwriel mewn pysgodfeydd ac yn y môr.