By means of the Bäcklund transformation, a quite general variable separation solution of the (2+1)- dimensional long dispersive wave equation: λqt + qxx − 2q ∫ (qr)xdy = 0, λrt − rxx + 2r ∫ (qr)xdy= 0, is derived. In addition to some types of the usual localized structures such as dromion, lumps, ring soliton and oscillated dromion, breathers soliton, fractal-dromion, peakon, compacton, fractal and chaotic soliton structures can be constructed by selecting the arbitrary single valued functions appropriately, a new class of localized coherent structures, that is the folded solitary waves and foldons, in this system are found by selecting appropriate multi-valuded functions. These structures exhibit interesting novel features not found in one-dimensions. - PACS: 03.40.Kf., 02.30.Jr, 03.65.Ge.