Kamome Island is part of the coastal terrace, being mostly flat.

C. ohlone are found on coastal terraces in remnant patches of native California coastal prairie grasslands with poorly drained clay or sandy clay over Santa Cruz mudstone.

C. ohlone habitat is restricted to remnant patches of native grasslands on coastal terraces over a firm level substrate.

Holocarpha macradenia, commonly known as the Santa Cruz tarweed, is an endangered plant endemic to certain coastal terraces in Northern California.

This route takes the visitor along the narrow coastal terrace between the Indian Ocean and successive mountain chains.

On Macquarie Island's coastal terraces and slopes it grows in mixed stands with Stilbocarpa polaris where the drainage is good, and along the borders of streams.

Cape Sunosaki is a coastal terrace made of layers of mudstone dating to the Tertiary period.

The park's coastal terrace is chaparral-covered.

The archaeological site itself is located above the beach, on a coastal terrace, that was formed by sediments of allochthonous (exotic) and autochthonous (local) origin.

The Buller's Albatross is colonial, nesting generally on cliffs, steep coastal terraces, grassy meadows, and tussock covered hills.