Eastern Seaboard

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Eastern Seaboard

region, United States

Also known as: Atlantic Seaboard

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Last Updated: Dec 23, 2024 • Article History

Also called:: Atlantic Seaboard

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Third entangled endangered whale spotted in span of a week off East Coast • Dec. 23, 2024, 12:29 PM ET (AP)

Mystery drone sightings continue in New Jersey and across the US. Here's what we know • Dec. 20, 2024, 6:38 PM ET (AP)

Bone-chilling cold returns to the Midwest in the wake of a storm that soaked the East Coast • Dec. 12, 2024, 4:38 PM ET (AP)

Atmospheric river brings weather whiplash to East Coast as bomb cyclone develops • Dec. 11, 2024, 11:51 PM ET (AP)

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Eastern Seaboard, region of the eastern United States, fronting the Atlantic Ocean and extending from Maine in the north to Florida in the south. Not merely a geographic term, the Eastern Seaboard is, historically, the part of the United States that was first settled by European immigrants and from which most westward American settlement originated. In popular usage, the Eastern Seaboard connotes the coastal settlements from Boston to Philadelphia, an area of heavy urbanization, in which are islands of great poverty and conspicuous wealth, business and financial centres, major educational institutions, and a high level of social and cultural sophistication.

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