This sea receded over time, leaving a large and flat coastal plain.
Yet the sea of blood still did not recede.
The sea receded when highlands to the west began to rise.
But now the heat was gone, the yellow sea receded.
The sea receded by 15m and then returned to its original position.
Some 4,000 years ago the sea receded and shoals in the gulf have become its islands.
When the sea receded, it left behind a beach.
Indeed, the sea had already receded a little since they landed.
In prehistoric times the whole area was flooded and about 15 thousand years ago the sea receded.
The sea had receded about 3 miles farther away from the narrow pass.