Gulf Coast of the United States

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coastal region geographical region

The Gulf Coast of the United States is a coastal region along the Gulf of Mexico known for its major port cities, energy and petrochemical industries, and vulnerability to hurricanes.

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Observed surface forms (20)

Surface form Occurrences
Gulf Coast 34
Gulf Coast of Florida 15
U.S. Gulf Coast 8

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal region ⓘ
geographical region ⓘ
adjacentTo Caribbean Sea ⓘ
borders Gulf of Mexico ⓘ
climate humid subtropical climate ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
economicActivity commercial fishing ⓘ
natural gas processing ⓘ
oil refining ⓘ
petrochemical manufacturing ⓘ
shipbuilding ⓘ
hasMajorPort Port of Corpus Christi ⓘ
Port of Houston ⓘ
Port of Mobile ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: Port of New Orleans

Port of Tampa ⓘ
hasPart South Alabama ⓘ
surface form: Alabama Gulf Coast

Florida Panhandle ⓘ
surface form: Florida Gulf Coast

Louisiana Gulf Coast ⓘ
Mississippi Gulf Coast ⓘ
Gulf Coast of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Texas Gulf Coast
includesCity Biloxi ⓘ
Brownsville ⓘ
Corpus Christi ⓘ
Galveston ⓘ
Houston ⓘ
Mobile ⓘ
New Orleans ⓘ
Pensacola, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Pensacola

Port Arthur ⓘ
Tampa, Florida ⓘ
surface form: Tampa
knownFor beaches ⓘ
energy industry ⓘ
major port cities ⓘ
offshore oil and gas production ⓘ
petrochemical industry ⓘ
seafood industry ⓘ
shipping and maritime trade ⓘ
tourism ⓘ
locatedIn North America ⓘ
Southern United States ⓘ
partOf Gulf Coast of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gulf Coast region
traversedBy Interstate 10 ⓘ
Interstate 45 ⓘ
U.S. Route 90 ⓘ
vulnerableTo coastal erosion ⓘ
coastal flooding ⓘ
hurricanes ⓘ
storm surge ⓘ
tropical storms ⓘ

Referenced by (110)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Port of Mobile → region → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
Texas's 14th congressional district → region → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
Texans–Titans rivalry → region1 → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
Tristán de Luna y Arellano → regionOfActivity → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
U.S. Route 90 → runsThroughRegion → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal → servesRegion → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
A Thousand-Mile Walk to the Gulf → settingRegion → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast
Atlantic hurricanes → threaten → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
Toxostoma rufum → winterRange → Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf Coast