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"A" coast. This also makes a distinction between the Great Lakes and... every other lake in the US. It's not salt water, because, well, the Great Lakes. So what determined whether a lake was big enough to qualify as having "a shore"? The Great Salt Lake in Utah is the 7th largest lake in the US (3 down from Lake Ontario, which is represented) and doesn't appear to be be considered.
Are these "shores as US national borders, except for the shores of rivers?"
...international coastlines; shores with ports-of-entry...