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Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, [1] [2] are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers. A global analysis published in 2019 suggested that tidal flat ecosystems are as extensive globally as mangroves , covering at least 127,921 km 2 ...
A coastal plain (also coastal plains, coastal lowland, coastal lowlands) is an area of flat, low-lying land adjacent to a sea coast. A fall line commonly marks the border between a coastal plain and an upland area.
A sabkha (Arabic: سبخة) is a coastal, supratidal mudflat or sandflat in which evaporite-saline minerals accumulate as the result of semiarid to arid climate. Sabkhas are gradational between land and intertidal zone within restricted coastal plains just above normal high-tide level. Within a sabkha, evaporite-saline minerals sediments ...
Visit the coastal flats. Ocean Edge Resort. Brewster resort Ocean Edge Resort & Golf Club marketing director Brenden Carrey always makes sure to recommend Brewster's coastal flats, the largest in ...
The Barrytown Flats are a 17 km (11 mi) coastal plain north of Greymouth on the West Coast of New Zealand's South Island.A series of postglacial shorelines and dunes backed by a former sea cliff, [1] they was originally covered with wetland and lowland forest, including numerous nīkau palms (the southern limit of this species on the West Coast). [2]
During visits to the Tata site, the fact finders witnessed heavy equipment “leveling and clearing the coastal mud flats” and reviewed MASS’ photos of mangrove destruction. Fishers pointed out creeks damaged by dredging. Tata insists it harmed no mangroves or “biodiversity rich creeks.”
The coastal flats have been polderised to create pastureland, decreasing the distance between the shore and the island, and the Couesnon river has been canalised, reducing the dispersion of the flow of water. These factors have all encouraged silting-up of the bay.
It features gravel plains, coastal flats, rocky hills, inselbergs within the sand sea, a coastal lagoon and ephemeral rivers, resulting in a landscape of exceptional beauty. Fog is the primary source of water in the site, accounting for a unique environment in which endemic invertebrates, reptiles and mammals adapt to an ever-changing variety ...