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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 ...
The tidal flats developed after the Last glacial maximum, in an interplay of rivers depositing the sediments and their dispersal by tidal currents, wave action, and wind-induced currents. They formed especially in the estuaries of large rivers and in the island coasts.
Fujimae-higata (藤前干潟) is a tidal flat beside the Port of Nagoya in Aichi Prefecture, Japan. A campaign to stop further development has made Fujimae a symbol of the wetland conservation movement in Japan. Once celebrated in the Man'yōshū, the remaining 323 ha (800 acres) of wetlands have been designated a Ramsar Site. [2] [3]
Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats (Extension) South Jeolla: 2023 x (natural) This is a proposed extension to the World Heritage Site that was listed in 2021. Three mudflat areas are considered, Muan Getbol, Goheung Getbol, and Yeosu Getbol. They are important habitats for birds, halophyte plants, and marine organisms. [35] Sites of the Busan Wartime ...
The Brewster Flats) are tidal flats on Cape Cod Bay, [10] particularly near the town of Brewster, and are a unique environment They are the widest expanse of tidal flats in North America , rivaled in the western hemisphere only by a similar expanse in Brazil .
The area is typified by extensive tidal mud flats, deeper tidal trenches (tidal creeks) and the islands that are contained within this, a region continually contested by land and sea. [ 8 ] The landscape has been formed for a great part by storm tides in the 10th to 14th centuries, overflowing and carrying away former peat land behind the ...
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. —A “coastal squeeze” has been plaguing some stretches of Florida and other parts of the U.S., as communities for decades expanded with development and vital tidal flats ...
Black-winged stilts in Yatsu-higata tidal flats near Tokyo Bay. Yatsu-higata (谷津干潟) is a tidal flat in Narashino, Chiba Prefecture, Japan, 2 km from Tokyo Bay. Once a part of the largest tidal flats in Japan, much of the area has been reclaimed. Forty hectares of wetland were designated a Ramsar Site in 1993. [2] [3]